PILI at Work a 5-Year Controlled Intervention Trial: Testing DVD Versus Group Delivery of a Weight-Loss Maintenance Intervention in Native Hawaiian- Serving Worksites (P@W)
Obesity, Overweight, Weight Loss
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Obesity focused on measuring weight loss, weight loss maintenance, community based participatory research, overweight
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- persons of any self-reported ethnicity
- age 18 years or older
- overweight or obese as defined as (BMI) ≥ 25 for Caucasians, NHs, or PIs and > 23 for those with Asian ancestry
- willing and able to follow a healthy eating and physical activity regimen that could include 150 minutes of brisk walking per week (or equivalent) and caloric intake control
Exclusion Criteria:
- prognosed survival < 6 months
- planning to terminate employment during the intervention study period (12 months)
- pregnancy
- any dietary or exercise restrictions that would prevent an individual from fully participating in the intervention protocol (e.g., end-stage renal disease on a renal diet)
- any co-morbid condition (physical and mental disabilities) that would prevent the individual from participating in the intervention protocol (e.g., severe arthritis, hemi-paresis, major psychiatric illness, eating disorder)
Sites / Locations
- I Ola Lahui
- Queen's Medical Center
- University of Hawaii, John A Burns School of Medicine
- Ke Ola Mamo, Native Hawaiian Health Care System
- Queen Liliuokalani Children's Center
- Keiki o ka Aina
- Queen Liliuokalani Children's Center
- Molokai Community Health Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Weight loss maintenance intervention delivered via DVD
Weight loss maintenance intervention Face-to-Face
Weight loss maintenance intervention delivered via DVD (without a peer facilitator) to employee participants within the respective worksites randomized to this arm. Using DVD technology, a total of 11 additional sessions (designed for weight loss maintenance) over a 9-month period will be delivered to the participants of this arm using DVD-produced lessons of PILI Maintenance
The PILI Maintenance delivered face-to-face in a group setting by trained peer facilitators to employee participants within the respective worksites randomized to this arm. The trained peer facilitator will deliver a total of 11 additional sessions (designed for weight loss maintenance) over a 9-month period, meeting bi-weekly for the first 2 months and then monthly for the remaining 7 months with a group of 8 to 15 participants.