eprintid: 8704
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datestamp: 2011-11-10 19:54:49
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type: thesis_degree
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contact_email: keishat@gmail.com
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creators_name: Robinson, Keisha Tyler
creators_email: keishat@gmail.com
title: The Applicability and Usage of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to Address Obesity Among U.S. Women
ispublished: unpub
divisions: sch_gsph_behavioralcommhealthsci
full_text_status: public
keywords:  ICF; NHANES; Obesity among U.S. women; Obesity causal factors
abstract: Background: Over the past two decades, obesity among women has significantly increased, with women having the highest prevalence in the United States. Obesity prevention programs and interventions focusing on women have traditionally included individual-level approaches although obesity is a multi-level problem. The research literature has cited numerous factors that contribute to obesity—behavioral, personal, psychological, sociodemographic, environmental, biological, and childbearing. As a result, recent public health efforts have shifted away from individual approaches to those that handle multiple factors. Methods: While multiple factors have been associated with obesity among women, the degree and variability of the factors have not been determined in the literature. These three studies seek to explore the effects of the multiple factors on BMI in U.S. women using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Sets for Obesity, developed by the World Health Organization and data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Linear regression was used in the analyses. Results: Significant factors of obesity were sociodemographic information (age, income, and race), body weight perceptions, coexisting health conditions, physical functioning, and engaging in physical activity and proper nutritional practices.Conclusions: Obesity prevention and treatment programs for U.S. women should focus on the most significant factors identified in these studies to decrease obesity incidence and prevalence.Public Health Relevance: The information garnered from this study can be used to further identify the most important characteristics needed for future obesity prevention programs for women.
date: 2007-09-27
date_type: completed
institution: University of Pittsburgh
refereed: TRUE
etdcommittee_type: committee_chair
etdcommittee_type: committee_member
etdcommittee_type: committee_member
etdcommittee_type: committee_member
etdcommittee_type: committee_member
etdcommittee_name: Butler, James
etdcommittee_name: Trauth, Jeanette M
etdcommittee_name: Wilson, John W
etdcommittee_name: Fernstrom, Madelyn H
etdcommittee_name: Goodman, Robert M
etdcommittee_email: jbutler9@pitt.edu
etdcommittee_email: trauth@pitt.edu
etdcommittee_email: wilson@nsabp.pitt.edu
etdcommittee_email: fernstrommh@upmc.edu
etdcommittee_email: bobgoodm@indiana.edu
etdcommittee_id: JBUTLER9
etdcommittee_id: TRAUTH
etdcommittee_id: JWW
etdcommittee_id: 
etdcommittee_id: 
etd_defense_date: 2007-07-16
etd_approval_date: 2007-09-27
etd_submission_date: 2007-07-29
etd_access_restriction: immediate
etd_patent_pending: FALSE
assigned_doi: doi:10.5195/pitt.etd.2011.8704
thesis_type: dissertation
degree: DrPH
committee: James Butler (jbutler9@pitt.edu) - Committee Chair
committee: Jeanette M. Trauth (trauth@pitt.edu) - Committee Member
committee: John W. Wilson (wilson@nsabp.pitt.edu) - Committee Member
committee: Madelyn H. Fernstrom (fernstrommh@upmc.edu) - Committee Member
committee: Robert M. Goodman (bobgoodm@indiana.edu) - Committee Member
etdurn: etd-07292007-162947
other_id: http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-07292007-162947/
other_id: etd-07292007-162947
citation:   Robinson, Keisha Tyler  (2007) The Applicability and Usage of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to Address Obesity Among U.S. Women.  Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.    (Unpublished)  
document_url: http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/8704/1/KTylerRobinson_DrPH_2007_ETD.pdf