Design and Outcomes of a Mothers In Motion Behavioral Intervention Pilot Study

• Published in: Journal of nutrition education and behavior Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. S11 - S21
• Main Authors: Chang, Mei-Wei, Nitzke, Susan, Brown, Roger
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2010; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adults; African Americans; analysis; Behavior Change; Behavior Modification; blood; blood glucose; Blood Glucose - analysis; Body Weight; Change Strategies; Diet; diet therapy; dietary fat; Dietetics; Eating Habits; educational materials; Effect Size; emotions; Female; Food; food choices; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Health Behavior; Health Education; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Promotion; Health Promotion - methods; Humans; Internal Medicine; Intervention; Interviews; Low Income; low income households; low-income women; maternal nutrition; Maternal-Child Health Centers; methods; Michigan; Mothers; Mothers - psychology; Motor Activity; Nutrition; nutrition education; Nutrition Instruction; nutritional intervention; Obesity; Obesity - blood; Obesity - diet therapy; Obesity - psychology; Obesity - therapy; Outcomes of Treatment; Overweight; Overweight - blood; Overweight - diet therapy; Overweight - psychology; Overweight - therapy; Peer Group; Physical Activities; physical activity; Pilot Projects; Poverty; prevention & control; prevention of weight gain; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; psychological stress; psychology; Self Efficacy; Social Support Groups; Stress Management; Stress, Psychological; Stress, Psychological - prevention & control; Teleconferencing; therapy; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; vegetables; Video Technology; Weight control; Welfare Services; Whites; WIC Program; Young Adult; Michigan; prevention of weight gain; low-income women; diet; stress management; physical activity
• ISSN: 1499-4046; 1878-2620; 1878-2620; 1708-8259
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2010.01.010

This paper describes the design and findings of a pilot Mothers In Motion (P -MIM) program. A randomized controlled trial that collected data via telephone interviews and finger stick at 3 time points: baseline and 2 and 8 months post-intervention. Three Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) sites in southern Michigan. One hundred and twenty nine overweight and obese African-American and white mothers, 18-34 years old. The 10-week, theory-based, culturally sensitive intervention messages were delivered via a series of 5 chapters on a DVD and complemented by 5 peer support group teleconferences. Dietary fat, fruit, and vegetable intake; physical activity; stress; feelings; body weight; and blood glucose. General linear mixed model was applied to assess treatment effects across 2 and 8 months post-intervention. No significant effect sizes were found in primary and secondary outcome variables at 2 and 8 months post-intervention. However, changes in body weight and blood glucose showed apparent trends consistent with the study's hypotheses. The P- MIM showed promise for preventing weight gain in low-income overweight and obese women. However, a larger experimental trial is warranted to determine the effectiveness of this intervention.