Development and Feasibility of an Obesity Prevention Intervention for Black Adolescent Daughters and Their Mothers

Monique Reed, JoEllen Wilbur, Christy C Tangney, Arlene Michaels Miller, Michael E Schoeny, Kashica J Webber-Ritchey, Monique Reed, JoEllen Wilbur, Christy C Tangney, Arlene Michaels Miller, Michael E Schoeny, Kashica J Webber-Ritchey

Abstract

Black female adolescents and women have disproportionately higher rates of obesity than their racial/ethnic counterparts. There is an urgent need to address obesity prevention in Black adolescent females through interventions that enhance lifestyle physical activity and improve dietary behaviors. Middle adolescence presents an important opportunity to strengthen the daughter-mother bond and improve healthy behaviors such as physical activity and dietary intake. Because of the intersection of adolescent development, culture and structural racism, it is essential to include mothers; however, this approach is understudied in the literature. This pre-pilot proof of concept study, Black Girls Move, was conducted using a 12-week pre-post within-subjects design to assess feasibility of conducting and delivering the BGM intervention, program satisfaction, and ability to obtain outcome measures in Black ninth and tenth grade daughters and their mothers. Twenty-two dyads were recruited and 14 dyads completed baseline assessments; however, only eight daughters and their mothers attended the first session and remained for the entire study. All dyads had valid objective and self-reported physical activity data. However, two of eight daughters and one mother provided self-reported dietary data that were considered invalid. All individual sessions were rated highly. Excellent attendance, retention, and satisfaction among participants suggest that we succeeded in developing an accepted, culturally relevant intervention. This lifestyle intervention would be strengthened by modifications to recruitment and retention, as well as incorporation of a computerized dietary assessment tool, a tailored dietary app for self-monitoring, and increased photo-based and group homework activities.

Keywords: Black female adolescents; dietary and physical activity behaviors; feasibility; obesity prevention; satisfaction.

Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest to report.

© JHEAL, 2021.

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Model for Black Girls Move: Black Daughter/Mother Dyads
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Consort Table

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