About SisterTalk Hartford
 SisterTalk Hartford is an evidence- and faith-based weight loss and weight control program designed by and for African-American and Black women. Our program is an effective, affordable, and medically-sound film-plus-support-group program that uses faith, community and sisterhood to establish positive eating habits and lifestyle changes.
View an excerpt from one of the SisterTalk Hartford program
films  (Windows Media player required, 2:21 min) featuring
Rev. Dr. Barbara E. Headley and SisterTalk participants.
SisterTalk Hartford has been developed and tested within the church community, and is delivered by churches for the benefit of their congregations and communities. SisterTalk Hartford activates and motivates participants to be knowledgeable and confident as they work together to change behavior and problem-solve for weight loss and long-term weight control.
Between 2004 and 2006, twelve churches in the Greater Hartford area participated in the study that created SisterTalk Hartford, and proved its effectiveness.
Learn more about the SisterTalk Hartford history.
Read what program collaborators and participants have to say on our SisterTalk Hartford Testimonials page.
Based on what we learned from participants, we have established the SisterTalk Hartford Resource Center to get more churches involved, and to support all churches who use the program.
Churches that adopt SisterTalk Hartford run the program with their own lay leaders, with support from the SisterTalk Hartford Resource Center. Churches can receive a variety of hands-on support from SisterTalk Hartford Resource Center staff in:
- Training leaders
- Recruiting participants
- Starting and continuing the program
- Program sustainability
- Other healthy-lifestyle activities
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