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Promoting Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Among Adults in a Faith-Based Setting In Lagos, Nigeria.

Award Number: K43TW010704
ORGANIZATION: FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/27/2017
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2022

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Promoting Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Among Adults in a Faith-Based Setting In Lagos, Nigeria. - Oluwakemi Odukoya MBBS, MPH, FMCPH, a candidate for the Emerging Global Leader Award (K43), is an academic community health physician, with a strong professional interest in developing interventions to address lifestyle risk factors for non-communicable diseases in faith-based settings in Sub-Saharan Africa, with an initial focus on Nigeria. Dr. Odukoya’s research is focused on adapting research-tested interventions (generated in high income countries), to address physical activity and unhealthy eating in low and middle-income countries where the burden of ill health is greatest. She also seeks to develop and test the effect of introducing faith-based text messages to support the adapted intervention. She will use the K43 award to acquire new skills and structured learning experiences in order to launch a fully independent research career. The goals of this award are to: 1) Build on existing knowledge and acquire new knowledge and skills in Advanced Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Implementation science research, and Community-based participatory research techniques; 2) Continue to foster established mentoring relationships and skills transfer to acquire specific hands on skills to successfully conduct the pilot research project; 3) Use the opportunity afforded by the protected time and research training to design studies, analyze data and draft manuscripts for publications in high-impact journals from the ongoing research projects of her mentors, as well as her proposed K43 research; and 4) Develop and submit competitive research grant applications and ultimately launch into research independence in the design of research-tested interventions, directed at lifestyle risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low and middle income countries (LMICs). These goals will be achieved under a complimentary group of experienced mentors. Professors Akin Osibogun (Nigeria-based) and Kola Okuyemi (USA-based) will serve as her primary mentors. They both have considerable expertise in mentoring early career investigators and in the development, adaptation and evaluation of community-based interventions for behavioral change. While Professor Sade Ogunsola (Nigeria-based and the current Provost at her home institution) will serve as secondary mentor. Prof Ogunsola was recently awarded a multi-year NIH research capacity building grant (1D43TW010134-01), and will provide specific mentoring on managing R01-level grants in LMICs, leadership and overcoming challenges unique to female faculty in LMICs. The primary objective of the proposed study for this K43 award is to design and pilot-test a cultural adaptation of the effective components of two National Cancer Institute (NCI) research-tested church-based interventions i.e. Body and Soul and the Healthy Body Healthy Spirit to increase physical activity and healthy food consumption among Nigerians. The resulting intervention will thereafter, be known as Body Soul and Spirit (BSS). The secondary objective is to understand if, and how best, faith-based text messages may be used to improve the effect of this intervention. Body Soul and Spirit+Plus will be a combination of the BSS and the inclusion of an additional component, i.e. faith-based text messages (i.e. BSS+PLUS). This three-arm group- randomized controlled pilot trial of: BSS, BSS+PLUS and a control/usual care group, will be carried out among parishioners in 12 churches (4 in each group) in the diocese of Lagos Mainland of the Anglican Church of Nigeria. One hundred participants will be recruited in each group and be required to complete surveys at baseline, 3, & 6-month time points. Primary outcome measures include fruit and vegetable intake and the number of minutes spent on moderate to vigorous activities each week.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2023	2021	COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS	IDI-ARABA	LAGOS				NGA	International Research and Research Training	000	5	12/13/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $103,199 )
2021	2021	COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS	IDI-ARABA	LAGOS				NGA	International Research and Research Training	000	5	3/11/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$103,199
														Subtotal = $103,199

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $102,324 )
2020	2020	COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS	IDI-ARABA	LAGOS		101014		NGA	International Research and Research Training	000	4	3/30/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$102,324
														Subtotal = $102,324

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $100,435 )
2019	2019	COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS	IDI-ARABA	LAGOS		101014		NGA	International Research and Research Training	000	3	4/10/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$100,435
														Subtotal = $100,435

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $98,463 )
2018	2018	COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS	IDI-ARABA	LAGOS		101014		NGA	International Research and Research Training	001	2	7/22/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$98,463
2018	2017	COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS	IDI-ARABA	LAGOS		101014		NGA	International Research and Research Training	000	1	7/19/2018	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $98,463

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $96,477 )
2017	2017	COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS	IDI-ARABA	LAGOS		101014		NGA	International Research and Research Training	000	1	9/25/2017	NEW	$96,477
														Subtotal = $96,477

Grand Total All Awards = $500,898

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Promoting Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Among Adults in a Faith-Based Setting In Lagos, Nigeria.

Award Number: K43TW010704

ORGANIZATION: FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/27/2017

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2022

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