Karen M. Emmons|Ann M. Stoddard|Robert H. Fletcher|Caitlin Gutheil|Elizabeth Gonzalez Suarez|Rebecca Lobb|Jane Weeks|Judy Anne Bigby
Cancer Prevention Among Working Class, Multiethnic Adults: Results of the Healthy Directions–Health Centers Study
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Harvard University|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Harvard University|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Harvard University|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Harvard University|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Harvard University|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Harvard University|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Harvard University|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Harvard University
analyzed outcomes study examined socialcontextual factors cancer prevention interventions working class multiethnic populationsten community health centers randomized intervention control patients resided lowincome multiethnic neighborhoods eligible intervention targeted fruit vegetable consumption red meat consumption multivitamin intake physical activity outcomes measured 8 monthsthe intervention led significant increases fruit vegetable consumption multivitamin intake reductions red meat consumption change found physical activity levels intervention effect changed contextual variables may function confounders effect modifiers eg gender education raceethnicity respondent parents country birth poverty status included analysesthe intervention led significant improvements health behaviors among working class multiethnic population regardless race ethnicity socioeconomic status interventions respond social context working class individuals across racialethnic categories hold promise improving cancerrelated risk behaviors