The Healthy Weigh/El Camino Saludable: A community campus partnership to prevent obesity

Interventions for Weight Management in Postpartum Women

“…Interventions may need to range from those targeting individuals and small‐groups to community‐based participatory research. Descriptive research indicates that group partnerships, religion, sociality, and body image all contribute to weight management; these group processes may be effectively used to enhance weight management intervention strategies (Davis, Clark, Carrese, Gary, & Cooper, 2005; Frable, Dart, & Bradley, 2004; Mack et al, 2004; Olvera, Suminski, & Power, 2005; Poston et al, 2003; Wilcox, Parra‐Medina, Thompson‐Robinson, & Will, 2001). Individual level considerations include support for new roles inherent in pregnancy and the postpartum periods and the changing balance between work and family responsibilities (Devine, Bove, & Olson, 2000).…”

Using Visual Methods to Uncover Context

“…In Hispanic women, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is greater than 70% (Flegal et al, 2002;Ogden et al, 2006), as is a sedentary lifestyle (Crespo, Smit, Andersen, Carter-Pokras, & Ainsworth, 2000). Much of the research concerning physical activity and dietary behaviors that underpin health promotion efforts in women, particularly Hispanic women, has been focused on correlates of attitudes and some behavioral factors relevant to the outcomes of weight management and increased physical activity (Davis, Clark, Carrese, Gary, & Cooper, 2005;Elder et al, 2006;Evenson, Sarmiento, Tawney, Macon, & Ammerman, 2003;Eyler et al, 2003;Frable, Dart, & Bradley, 2004;Kumanyika, 2006;Pinkston et al, 2006;Voorhees & Rohm Young, 2003;Wilbur, Chandler, Dancy, & Lee, 2003). The correlates are similar among studies and include time and resource constraints, development of observational (seeing other's behavior) and instrumental support (having friends and family model behaviors), and intrinsic motivation, such as self-efficacy for the target behavior.…”