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Community-Based Approach to Promote Heart Healthy Behaviors in Hispanic Women

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Date Issued:
2022
Abstract/Description:
The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), quality improvement (QI) project was to increase heart disease risk awareness while implementing healthy lifestyle behaviors in Hispanic women between the ages of 30-65. The literature presents that all women are at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD); with ethnic minorities being disproportionally affected. Following recruitment, participants attended a weekly wellness program guided by the Pasos Adelante curriculum over a 12 week period. Lifestyle behaviors were assessed by using the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP II) questionnaire, CV knowledge was assessed with a brief true or false questionnaire, and the Godin-Shephard Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire (GSLTEQ) was used to measure physical activity. The results of this DNP project showed an increase in CVD risk knowledge and an increase in physical activity.
Title: Community-Based Approach to Promote Heart Healthy Behaviors in Hispanic Women.
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Name(s): Gonzalez, Yesenia , author
Chadwell, Katherine
Ortega, María de los Ángeles
Florida Atlantic University
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Degree grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Doctor Of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Date Created: 2022
Date Issued: 2022
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, FL
Physical Form: online resource
Extent: 40 p.
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), quality improvement (QI) project was to increase heart disease risk awareness while implementing healthy lifestyle behaviors in Hispanic women between the ages of 30-65. The literature presents that all women are at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD); with ethnic minorities being disproportionally affected. Following recruitment, participants attended a weekly wellness program guided by the Pasos Adelante curriculum over a 12 week period. Lifestyle behaviors were assessed by using the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP II) questionnaire, CV knowledge was assessed with a brief true or false questionnaire, and the Godin-Shephard Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire (GSLTEQ) was used to measure physical activity. The results of this DNP project showed an increase in CVD risk knowledge and an increase in physical activity.
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