Reducing risk behaviors linked to noncommunicable diseases in Mongolia: a randomized controlled trial
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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.
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Aira and colleagues found a reduction in drinks per day and an improvement in attitudes toward drinking, but not a reduction in the total amount of alcohol consumption.
“For example, Aira and colleagues found a reduction in drinks per day and an improvement in attitudes toward drinking, but not a reduction in the total amount of alcohol consumption [26].”
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Of the health promotion and education RCTs, 2 were based in the workplace, 5 in the community, 6 in schools, and 7 in clinics, of which 1 focused on women sex workers.
“Of these, 2 were based in the workplace [26,38], 5 in the community [23,37,43,84], 6 in schools [33,40,65,85,86], and 7 in clinics [39,55–57], of which 1 was focused on women sex workers [95].”
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About half (8 of 17) of the health promotion and education interventions were found to have positive results.
“About half (8 of 17) of the health promotion and education interventions were found to have positive results [25,26,38,39,54,56,57,65,66,84].”
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- Authors
- Aira, T., Wang, W., Riedel, M., & Witte, S. S.
- Affiliations
- Global Health Research Center of Central Asia (US)
- Venue
- American Journal of Public Health
- Publisher
- American Public Health Association
- Published
- 2013-09
- Volume
- 103
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1666-1674
- ISSN
- 0090-0036 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-0048
- PMC
- PMC3780670
- OpenAlex
- W2134665639
- Cited by
- 25
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 1.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- American Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University)
- Funders
- World Health Organization
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Keywords
- non-communicable diseases, health promotion interventions, fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity, alcohol consumption, diabetes symptoms, industrial workers, financial literacy, Ulaanbaatar
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Alcohol Drinking, Diabetes Mellitus, Diet, Female, Health Education, Health Promotion, Humans, Male, Mongolia, Motor Activity, Risk-Taking, Health Behavior, Risk Reduction Behavior
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