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United States – Alaska
   
 

Community-based lifestyles coaches for chronic-disease prevention.


Principal investigator

Anne Lanier, MD, MPH

Intervention type

Community intervention

Targeted population

Men and women in rural communities

Target factors

Risk factors  
  • Tobacco use
  • Nutrition
  • Activity
  • Also a focus on stress management, goal setting, and reducing high blood pressure and cholesterol.
  

Purpose/Goals

This project will focus on a) training ‘lifestyle coaches’ to provide community-based wellness workshops and b) the effects of programme implementation.