After testing a new video-based intervention aimed at promoting a healthier lifestyle among low-income moms, the researchers point to two factors for its success rate: The study was designed to appeal to the participants’ personal values and instill in these mothers enough confidence to take on the challenge of pursuing a healthier life.
The participants were women who face stubborn health challenges — highly stressed overweight low-income mothers of young children.
These women are at risk for lifelong obesity and potential problems for themselves and new babies if they become pregnant again. “I asked them during focus groups who should be in the videos, and they said, ‘We want to see us.
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