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Clinical Trial
. 2005 Sep-Oct;29(5):395-406.
doi: 10.5555/ajhb.2005.29.5.395.

Effects of a controlled family-based health education/counseling intervention

Marika Salminen  1 , Tero Vahlberg, Ansa Ojanlatva, Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä
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Clinical Trial

Effects of a controlled family-based health education/counseling intervention

Marika Salminen et al. Am J Health Behav. 2005 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Objective: To describe the effects of a controlled family-based health education/counseling intervention on health behaviors of children with a familial history of cardiovascular diseases (FH-CVDs).

Methods: The intervention group (IG, n=432) received 5 counseling sessions. The control groups 1 (CG1, n=200) and 2 (CG2, n=423) received no counseling. Outcome measures comprised changes in diet, exercise, and cigarette smoking.

Results: The changes in the use of fats and salt, and in exercise, were more favorable in IG than in CG1 and/or CG2.

Conclusion: Health education/counseling produced positive effects on diet and nutrition in particular and in part in exercise.

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