The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) has awarded a two-year grant to researchers at the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation to develop and evaluate the efficacy of a theory-based social support intervention program entitled "Mujeres en Accion: Walking in Hispanic Women."
Factors that contribute to high rates of cardiovascular disease in Hispanic women include a 71.9 percent prevalence of overweight and obesity and a corresponding 74 percent lack of physical activity. An older Hispanic woman is at particular physical risk after age 60 when leisure-time physical activity decreases.
Colleen Keller, PhD, RN, FNP, professor of nursing, ASU Foundation Distinguished Professor in Women’s Health, and director, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence and Center for Healthy Outcomes in Aging, is principal investigator. Co-investigators include, Julie Fleury, PhD, RN, FAAN and associate dean for research and director, PhD in Nursing & Healthcare Innovation, Catrine Tudor-Locke, PhD, FACSM and associate professor and Director, Walking Behavior Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Michael Belyea, PhD and a research professor at ASU, and Felipe Castro, MD.
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