Dance Interventions

My initiative project created two different interventions, a liturgical dance group and a support group targeted at African American women. This project was 6-week long randomized study and tested the change in the participant’s thoughts on both adequate physical activity and dietary requirements. Both intervention targeted social and cultural values. The study used surveys at the beginning and at the end to determine the effectiveness of the interventions by the results of the individual surveys. Though, using biomarkers would have been ideal to display the outcomes of these interventions. This study was restricted to 6 weeks, which is not enough time to collect adequate bio markers. Therefore, using the stages of change to measure the outcomes
I collected signatures at the end of church services and held a meeting 2 months before the start of my study to observe committed participants. I randomly placed each woman in the dance group or support group. At the first meetings of both interventions, I gave a baseline survey to each participant in which I assigned them numbers for confidentiality. I used a survey already created by… and therefore the key to analyzing the surveys were given. These women were then given a survey at the end. The questions consisted of 6 stages. The stages of each woman was determined by the responses on the questions. Stages included the pre contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action and the maintenance
Second is the contemplation stage, where a person takes notice of the problem at hand and struggles to take accountability for their actions that contribute to the issue. In this second stage, a person begins to think about solving the issue though they don’t have a definite plan of action. The third level is the preparation stage, where action begins to be planned and changes are being thought of. Following the third stage is the fourth of the action stage. This fourth stage is where people modify or even change their behavior. They take the plans made in the prepatory stage and apply them. Lastly, the maintenance stage is the sixth level. This stage is one that never really ends. This stage is for the rest of their lives in order to maintain the changes made within this