Reducing Risk Behaviors Linked to Noncommunicable Diseases in Mongolia

A Randomized Controlled Trial

Bibliographic Data

ID11024749
AuthorsToivgoo Aira (Toivgoo Aira is with Wellspring, NGO, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and the Global Health Research Center of Central Asia, Columbia University, New York, NY. Wei Wang is with the Department of Statistics and Marion Riedel is with the School of Social Work, Columbia University. Susan S. Witte is with the School of Social Work and the Global Health Research Center of Central Asia, Columbia University.), Aira Toivgoo (Global Health Research Center of Central Asia), Wei Wang (0000-0001-5806-2368, Toivgoo Aira is with Wellspring, NGO, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and the Global Health Research Center of Central Asia, Columbia University, New York, NY. Wei Wang is with the Department of Statistics and Marion Riedel is with the School of Social Work, Columbia University. Susan S. Witte is with the School of Social Work and the Global Health Research Center of Central Asia, Columbia University.), Marion Riedel (0000-0002-0209-2450, Toivgoo Aira is with Wellspring, NGO, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and the Global Health Research Center of Central Asia, Columbia University, New York, NY. Wei Wang is with the Department of Statistics and Marion Riedel is with the School of Social Work, Columbia University. Susan S. Witte is with the School of Social Work and the Global Health Research Center of Central Asia, Columbia University.), Susan S Witte (0000-0002-5336-3185, Toivgoo Aira is with Wellspring, NGO, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and the Global Health Research Center of Central Asia, Columbia University, New York, NY. Wei Wang is with the Department of Statistics and Marion Riedel is with the School of Social Work, Columbia University. Susan S. Witte is with the School of Social Work and the Global Health Research Center of Central Asia, Columbia University.)
Year2013
Volume103
Issue9
Pages1666-1674
Publication date2013-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2012.301175
PMID23865647
OpenAlexW2134665639
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited18

Objectives. We tested the efficacy of a 6-session, evidence-based health promotion intervention aimed at reducing noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk behaviors. Methods. Two hundred male and female factory workers in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia were randomly assigned to groups receiving either the health promotion intervention or a time-matched financial literacy control intervention. Results. The health promotion intervention increased daily fruit and vegetable intake and physical activity, increased readiness for NCD risk behavior reduction and health promotion knowledge, and reduced the number of daily alcoholic drinks and diabetes symptoms 3 months after the intervention. Conclusions. The findings support the efficacy of the intervention to reduce risk behaviors associated with NCDs. Dissemination of the intervention may improve productivity, reduce costs of health services, and better the quality of life for Mongolians

Environmental health · Randomized controlled trial · Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention · Internal Medicine · Medicine

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