Publications by authors named "Cee E Kobza"
Background: The efficacy of physical activity in improving cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk profiles has been well established. However, the effectiveness of health promotion programs implemented at the community level remains controversial. This study evaluated a school-based work-site physical activity program.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Screening to identify individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease is sorely needed in rural areas of Oklahoma.
Objective: The Healthy Adults Project was started as a screening program for public school employees in a rural school district in southwest Oklahoma.
Design, Setting, And Participants: The screening project is a collaborative effort between the Anadarko Public School district and the University of Oklahoma Prevention Research Center.
Background: There are few studies of the prevalence of elevated blood pressure (BP) that include American Indian school children. Therefore, the intent of this study was to examine the relationships between BP and risk factors in a multiracial, predominantly American Indian, school district.
Methods: A total of 1,829 American Indian, white, Hispanic, and African American students, 5-17 years old, were included in this study.
Overweight and obesity in an ethnically diverse rural school district: the Healthy Kids Project.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
February 2008
Objective: Data on Native American children and adolescents are rarely reported along with other racial and ethnic groups. The Healthy Kids Project is part of an effort to describe the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a racially mixed rural area where Native American, Hispanic, African American, and white children reside.
Methods And Procedures: We measured height and weight of students in Anadarko, Oklahoma public schools (n = 1,980) in 2002-2003.