African American adults sleep less and obtain worse quality sleep compared to the national average, and emerging evidence links inadequate sleep with greater morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and cancer. To address this public health concern, the proposed research seeks to use a multi-method approach to adapt a sleep intervention for African American adults with overweight/obesity not meeting national sleep duration or physical activity recommendations. The overall goal of the project is to reduce cancer and obesity-related health disparities among African Americans.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
90
The sleep extension intervention is a 4-week intervention consisting of weekly one-on-one contact with the goal of increasing total sleep time by 60 minutes by the end of four weeks conducted by Dr. Wu or a trained counselor.
This is healthy homes intervention.The program provides education on healthy homes, provide advice on specific healthy homes problems, and recommend actions to be taken by families, landlords, and community members.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
RECRUITINGFeasibility
Feasibility is achieved if intervention adherence is 75% across participants in the intervention group.
Time frame: 4 weeks
Satisfaction
Satisfaction is achieved if the average score ≥20 on the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire
Time frame: 4 weeks post-intervention
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