caa a22 4500 467934495 CHVBK 20180406152953.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10900-006-9022-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10900-006-9022-8 Promoting healthy behaviors to prevent chronic disease in panama and trinidad & tobago: results of the women as agents of change project [Elektronische Daten] [Sarah White, Irene Agurto, Nuria Araguas] In order to address the growing burden of chronic diseases in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization implemented the Women as Agents of Change project in Panama and Trinidad & Tobago. The project focused on low income, middle aged women and promoted increased physical activity, intake of 5 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, and yearly screening for cervical cancer. One hundred women per country participated in the 6week program which consisted of weekly meetings and participation in a behavior change curriculum. Gollwitzer's theory of implementation intentions and the theory of social support provided the methodology for the design of the curriculum. At baseline, end of project, and at 6months, participants completed physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption surveys. Results show an increase in consumption in Panama between the pre and post-tests, though the increase was not maintained at the 6month period. Physical activity decreased in both countries over the intervention period, likely due to misreporting on the pretest. Notably, most participants reported on the 6month follow up survey that they had continued or intensified the behavior changes they undertook during the project. The paper describes barriers identified by the participants as well as strategies they devised to overcome them. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 chronic disease nationallicence women nationallicence developing countries nationallicence social support nationallicence White Sarah Pan American Health Organization, 525 23rd St, 20037, Washington, DC, NW, USA aut Agurto Irene Pan American Health Organization, 525 23rd St, 20037, Washington, DC, NW, USA aut Araguas Nuria Pan American Health Organization, 525 23rd St, 20037, Washington, DC, NW, USA aut Journal of Community Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 31/5(2006-10-01), 413-429 0094-5145 31:5<413 2006 31 10900 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-006-9022-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-006-9022-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- White Sarah Pan American Health Organization, 525 23rd St, 20037, Washington, DC, NW, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Agurto Irene Pan American Health Organization, 525 23rd St, 20037, Washington, DC, NW, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Araguas Nuria Pan American Health Organization, 525 23rd St, 20037, Washington, DC, NW, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Community Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 31/5(2006-10-01), 413-429 0094-5145 31:5<413 2006 31 10900 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer