Life's essential 8: updating and enhancing the American Heart Association's construct of cardiovascular health: a presidential advisory from the American Heart …

DM Lloyd-Jones, NB Allen, CAM Anderson, T Black… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
In 2010, the American Heart Association defined a novel construct of cardiovascular health
to promote a paradigm shift from a focus solely on disease treatment to one inclusive of …

Lessons learned from community-and home-based physical activity programs: a narrative review of factors influencing women's participation in cardiac rehabilitation

S Vidal-Almela, B Czajkowski, SA Prince… - European journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of death in women. Despite
the well-known benefits of cardiac rehabilitation, it remains underutilized, especially among …

Multilevel Interventions Targeting Obesity: State of the Science and Future Directions

RA Seguin-Fowler, ML Graham… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
A seminal report, released in 2001 by the Institute of Medicine, spurred research on the
design, implementation, and evaluation of multilevel interventions targeting obesity and …

Evaluation of a civic engagement approach to catalyze built environment change and promote healthy eating and physical activity among rural residents: a cluster …

RA Seguin-Fowler, KL Hanson, D Villarreal… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Prior studies demonstrate associations between risk factors for obesity and
related chronic diseases (eg, cardiovascular disease) and features of the built environment …

Changes in diet and physical activity resulting from the Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities randomized cardiovascular disease risk reduction multilevel intervention …

SC Folta, L Paul, ME Nelson, D Strogatz… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Women living in rural areas face unique challenges in achieving a heart-
healthy lifestyle that are related to multiple levels of the social-ecological framework. The …

Primary and secondary cardiovascular disease prevention interventions targeting lifestyle risk factors in women: A systematic review and meta-analysis

K Slater, K Colyvas, R Taylor, CE Collins… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background and aims Over seven million women die from cardiovascular disease (CVD)
annually. While lifestyle modification is recommended for CVD prevention, there are no …

Anti-Black racism and behavioral medicine: confronting the past to envision the future

JY Breland, MV Stanton - Translational Behavioral Medicine, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Behavioral medicine research and practice have not traditionally acknowledged the
detrimental effects of anti-Black racism (and other forms of systemic oppression) on health …

Examining the associations between walk score, perceived built environment, and physical activity behaviors among women participating in a community-randomized …

BK Lo, ML Graham, SC Folta, LC Paul… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Little is known about the relationship between perceived and objective measures of the built
environment and physical activity behavior among rural populations. Within the context of a …

Improvements and maintenance of clinical and functional measures among rural women: Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities-2.0 cluster randomized trial

RA Seguin-Fowler, GD Eldridge… - … Quality and Outcomes, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States;
however, women and rural residents face notable health disparities compared with male …

Process evaluation of Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities: a rural community-based cardiovascular disease prevention program

U Sriram, K Sandreuter, M Graham, S Folta… - Journal of nutrition …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the implementation of a community-based cardiovascular disease
prevention program for rural women: Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities (SHHC). Design …