A program promoting the exercise and other healthy lifestyle habits that can help prevent chronic disease proved effective for black American couples in which one partner is HIV and the other does nota new study finds.
The researchers divided 535 these couples - medical language called HIV-serodiscordant couples - two groups. Two hundred and sixty couples participated in an intervention to reduce the risk of transmission and to HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, and 275 couples participated in a program to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and strokediabetes and some cancers through healthy behaviours.
These measures in health including physical activity, increased fruit and vegetable consumption and projections for breast and prostate cancer.
The two programs involved eight sessions of two hours a week. Couples reported their healthy behaviors at baseline, immediately after they have completed the program, and from 6 to 12 months after the program. The average age of participants was 43, and the female was HIV-positive partner to 60.4% of couples.
The study appears in the issue of April 25 of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.
"Health promotion intervention participants were more likely to report eating five servings of fruits and vegetables per day and adhering to the guidelines for physical activity compared to STD/HIV intervention participants," writes Nabila El-Bassel and his colleagues at the U.S. National Institute of mental health Multisite HIV/STD Prevention Trial for African-American Couples group.
HIV in the, participants have the health intervention of du STD STD STD, promotion more la plus la,?. hommes,?. hommes,?., men received screening Researchers, alcohol consumption did not differ between intervention groups, "said in a press release of the newspaper.
In 2007, blacks accounted for 48 percent of the population of the United States with HIV. Because antiretroviral drugs especially strongly assets (HAART), are so effective, many HIV-positive people are living longer and are therefore at risk for other chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
"In conclusion, African Americans are at high risk of morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases and are less likely to engage in behaviours associated with the reduction of disease risk and to detect at an early stage."", report" the authors write.
"In addition, the risk of chronic disease is of particular concern for African-Americans living with HIV because HIV and its treatment with HAART are associated with an increased risk," they added.
The study found rates low fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity and cancer screening participants. "Therefore, this study is important, showing that the [action] that teaches skills resulted in positive change on multiple diseases related to chronic behaviors African-American members"of this group, researchers have written."."
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