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Site Advisory Board Meeting Photos
Background: Lincoln University, as part of its collaborative
efforts with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and
Geisinger Health Systems, received an outstanding score on the PA
Department of Health intern performance review grant; Primary Care
Research Network for the Treatment of Adolescent Obesity and will
be hosting a Cross Site Meeting on Monday, November 9, 2009. Dr.
Louden is the site Principal Investigator (PI) on this grant.
This is the culmination of a four-year grant awarded by the Pennsylvania
Department of Health. Lincoln has been engaged in this research
for the last three years. In the summer of 2008 Professor Gaither-Hardy
(Dr. Louden was co-author) presented a paper in Greece; “A
Preliminary Investigation of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices
Regarding Obesity in African American College Students,” which
appears in the book “Applying Psychological Research to Understand
and Promote the Well-being of Clinical and Non-Clinical Populations”
(pp. 221-224), Athens, Greece: Atiner.
At the Cross Site meeting, Lincoln will update
the group on its research and internships accomplished through the
grant, including:
-Does the Provision of Nutritional Information Improve Selection
of Choices?
-A Picture is worth 100 Calories: Findings from a College Students’
Population of a Cookbook Survey.
-Memo Board: As a Source of Nutritional Information?
-Past Internship Students:
-Seyi Sijuwada finished her MPH at Drexel and is now in medical
school.
-Shari Richardson is currently in her final year of a Master’s
Degree program in Counseling Psychology at Long Island University.
Tanese Talbert finished her Master’s Degree in Education at
Lincoln’s Graduate Center in Philadelphia and is currently
working in Brooklyn, New York, with the Jewish Board of Education.
Lana Johnson is currently applying to graduate programs in psychology.
Previous work by Dr. Louden and Professor Gaither-Hardy showed the
following results:
• Physical Activity
88% of men said they were physically active, only 60% of women
72% of men engaged in an organized sport for 3 years, only 46% of
women
77% of men engaged in an organized sport for 2 years, only 56% of
women
Only a 5% decrease for men and a 10% decrease for women in organized
sport of 3 vs. 2 years
• Fast Food Consumption
Women consumed more fast food than men
Physical activity was Not a deterrent for fast food consumption
Students ate more fast food at school than at home
• Fruits & Vegetables
Students ate fruits and vegetables about twice a week, with no gender
differences
Chi-Square analyses indicated a three-way interaction among variables:
gender x physical activity x fruits or vegetables.
• BMI Results
The majority of students were accurate in their perceptions regardless
of actual BMI status
The majority of subjects rated themselves as “Just Right”
N = 155 (56%)
Lincoln University Faculty Involvement
• Mentoring Undergraduate/Graduate Students
• Clinical Trial Executive Committee: Weekly clinical trial
and infrastructure meetings of the research network
• Independent Research
• Student Survey: IRB approved survey of first-year students
on physical activity and eating habits & self perception of
body size
• Blogs captured information on knowledge, attitudes and practices
of Lincoln students regarding obesity and the health effects of
obesity
• Obesity Curriculum: content expanded in Lincoln University
courses: Dimension of Wellness, Race Ethnicity and Health, and Health
Psychology
• Resources: library, materials, software
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