Ethnic Dance and Screen Time Reduction to Prevent Weight Gain in Latina Girls (ECHALE)

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Stanford University
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Purpose of Study

• A randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of an after school ethnic dance program plus a culturally-tailored, home-based screen time reduction intervention to reduce weight gain (body mass index) among lower socioeconomic status, pre-adolescent Latina girls.
  
  
• Website: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00476775

Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Pub Date: 05/1999
• 664 pp Paperback
• ISBN13: 9780826112392
• Authors: Carolyn Chambers Clark, EdD, ARNP,FAAN; Rena Gordon, PhD; Barbara Harris, RN, LMT; Carl Helvie, RN, DrPH

Book Description

• This comprehensive resource of key terms and concepts in complementary health care addresses practices, health conditions, and research-based treatments. Over 300 entries by distinguished contributors to the field explain such alternative therapies as naturopathy, homeopathy, chiropractic, nutrition, and massage.

• One section is devoted to pertinent issues in complementary health practice including economics, legal ramifications, education, and historical perspectives.

• Section: Dance (Ethnic) and Movement
  
  
• Website: Click Here for GoogleBooks Reference