caa a22 4500 397548028 CHVBK 20180308164743.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199606 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/heapro/11.2.117 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/heapro/11.2.117 Effectiveness of a bilingual heart health program for Greek-Australian women [Elektronische Daten] [WENDY J. BROWN, CHRISTINA LEE, REBECCA OYOMOPITO] Women from Southern European countries have the highest body mass index and physical inactivity levels of any of Australia's migrant groups. Health promotion programs aimed at the wider community often fail to reach these women because of language and cultural barriers. The project examined the impact of a 12-week minimal-intervention heart health program on a community sample of Greek-Australian women. The program, conducted in a bilingual, interactive format and held in a Greek community centre, aimed to improve cardiovascular health and decrease obesity by increasing physical activity and reducing dietary saturated fat intake. Participants (n=26) showed significant decreases in body mass index, skinfold measurements, exercising heart rates and diastolic blood pressure, which were well maintained at follow-up; these changes were not observed in a comparison group (n=22). The project demonstrated that health promotion programs tailored specifically for groups of women from non-English-speaking backgrounds (NESB) can be effective in modifying cardiovascular risk factors if an effort is made to address sociocultural and linguistic barriers to participation. © Oxford University Press Original Papers nationallicence cardiovascular disease nationallicence exercise nationallicence women nationallicence BROWN WENDY J. Hunter Center for Health Advancement, University of Newcastle Australia aut LEE CHRISTINA Department of Psychology, University of Newcastle Australia aut OYOMOPITO REBECCA Hunter Center for Health Advancement, University of Newcastle Australia aut Health Promotion International Oxford University Press 11/2(1996-06), 117-125 0957-4824 11:2<117 1996 11 heapro https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/11.2.117 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/11.2.117 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- BROWN WENDY J. Hunter Center for Health Advancement, University of Newcastle Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- LEE CHRISTINA Department of Psychology, University of Newcastle Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- OYOMOPITO REBECCA Hunter Center for Health Advancement, University of Newcastle Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Health Promotion International Oxford University Press 11/2(1996-06), 117-125 0957-4824 11:2<117 1996 11 heapro Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford