PMID- 27397919 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170724 LR - 20180124 IS - 1878-4321 (Electronic) IS - 1049-3867 (Linking) VI - 26 Suppl 1 DP - 2016 Jul 7 TI - Program Design for Healthy Weight in Lesbian and Bisexual Women: A Ten-City Prevention Initiative. PG - S7-S17 LID - S1049-3867(15)00162-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.whi.2015.10.005 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Adult lesbian and bisexual (LB) women are more likely to be obese than adult heterosexual women. To address weight- and fitness-related health disparities among older LB women using culturally appropriate interventions, the Office on Women's Health (OWH) provided funding for the program, Healthy Weight in Lesbian and Bisexual Women (HWLB): Striving for a Healthy Community. This paper provides a description of the interventions that were implemented. METHODS: Five research organizations partnered with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community organizations to implement healthy weight interventions addressing the needs of LB women 40 years and older. The interventions incorporated evidence-based recommendations related to physical activity and nutrition. Each group intervention developed site-specific primary objectives related to the overall goal of improving the health of LB women and included weight and waist circumference reduction as secondary objectives. A 57-item core health survey was administered across the five sites. At a minimum, each program obtained pre- and post-program assessments. RESULTS: Each program included the OWH-required common elements of exercise, social support, and education on nutrition and physical activity, but adopted a unique approach to deliver intervention content. CONCLUSION: This is the first time a multisite intervention has been conducted to promote healthy weight in older LB women. Core measurements across the HWLB programs will allow for pooled analyses, and differences in study design will permit analysis of site-specific elements. The documentation and analysis of the effectiveness of these five projects will provide guidance for model programs and future research on LB populations. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. All rights reserved. FAU - Fogel, Sarah C AU - Fogel SC AD - School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Electronic address: sarah.fogel@vanderbilt.edu. FAU - McElroy, Jane A AU - McElroy JA AD - Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. FAU - Garbers, Samantha AU - Garbers S AD - Heilbrunn Department of Population & Family Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York. FAU - McDonnell, Cheryl AU - McDonnell C AD - The CDM Group, Bethesda, Maryland. FAU - Brooks, Jacquetta AU - Brooks J AD - Mautner Project of Whitman-Walker, Whitman-Walker Health, Washington, DC. FAU - Eliason, Michele J AU - Eliason MJ AD - Department of Health Education, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California. FAU - Ingraham, Natalie AU - Ingraham N AD - Lyon-Martin Health Services, a Program of HealthRight360, San Francisco, California. FAU - Osborn, Ann AU - Osborn A AD - The Lewin Group, Falls Church, Virginia. FAU - Rayyes, Nada AU - Rayyes N AD - IMPAQ International, LLC, Oakland, California. FAU - Redman, Sarah Davis AU - Redman SD AD - NORC the University of Chicago, Atlanta, Georgia. FAU - Wood, Susan F AU - Wood SF AD - Jacobs Institute of Women's Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC. FAU - Haynes, Suzanne G AU - Haynes SG AD - Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, DC. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Multicenter Study PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Womens Health Issues JT - Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health JID - 9101000 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - *Bisexuality MH - Body Weight MH - Exercise MH - Female MH - Health Promotion/*methods MH - *Homosexuality, Female MH - Humans MH - Middle Aged MH - Overweight/*prevention & control MH - Program Development MH - Sexual and Gender Minorities MH - Social Support MH - *Surveys and Questionnaires MH - United States MH - Women's Health EDAT- 2016/07/12 06:00 MHDA- 2017/07/25 06:00 CRDT- 2016/07/12 06:00 PHST- 2015/05/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/10/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/10/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/07/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/07/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/07/25 06:00 [medline] AID - S1049-3867(15)00162-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.whi.2015.10.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Womens Health Issues. 2016 Jul 7;26 Suppl 1:S7-S17. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2015.10.005.