Black Girls Move: A Daughter/Mother Intervention to Prevent Obesity by Increasing Physical Activity and Improving Dietary Intake Among Black Adolescent Daughters
Research Team
Monique Reed, PhD, RN, FAAN (PI)
Wrenetha Julion, PhD, RN, FAAN (Co-I)
Michael Schoeny, Michael Schoeny, PhD (Co-I)
Barbara Swanson, PhD, RN, FAAN (Co-I)
Project Period
5/1/2022 - 4/30/2025
Funding Source
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Grant Number
1R01DK132698
Abstract
We propose to test Black Girls Move, a school-linked daughter/mother physical activity and dietary behavior program, with 7th-10th grade students. This program is designed to prevent obesity in Black adolescent females and thus aligns with the NIH mission to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability. This project is relevant to public health because it holds the potential to reduce population health disparities impacted by structural racism.