CVD Nutrition Modules Tailored to Low Literacy Skills

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

369

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 31, 1991

Primary Completion Date

July 31, 1995

Study Completion Date

July 31, 1996

Conditions
Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart Diseases
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Computer Program Intervention Group

A user-friendly, interactive computer program providing dietary counseling tailored to the needs of the participant.

OTHER

Minimal Intervention Group

Dietary Information pamphlets.

BEHAVIORAL

Health Counselor Intervention Group

Food for Heart Program - a structured diet treatment program for low income patients with high cholesterol, given by a health counselor at 4 treatment visits.

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NIH

lead

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

OTHER