<a href="http://chcr.umich.edu/what_we_do/projects/project.2004-07-02.2138168557/projects_page">Eat for Life</a> is a five-year project designed to test the efficacy of tailoring health messages on either ethnic identity or motivational predisposition to increase fruit and vegetable consumption among African American adults. This talk will describe preliminary findings from the Eat for Life ethnic identity study arm on the effectiveness of tailoring health newsletters on Black ethnic identity type.

<a href="../../../../../../../../../../../../../../who_we_are/people/person.2006-09-11.1933602012/person_view">Rachel Davis</a>
is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Health Behavior and Health
Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She
holds an MPH from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and
has completed a certificate in Survey Methodology at the University of
Michigan. Rachel works on the <i>Eat for Life</i> project, which, under the direction of <a href="../../../../../../../../../../../../../../who_we_are/people/person.2005-04-12.3473287151/person_view">Dr. Ken Resnicow</a>
and other investigators, is testing the efficacy of tailoring on
motivational predisposition and ethnic identity to increase fruit and
vegetable consumption among African American adults. Rachel's research
interests include health communication, survey methodology, health
disparities, and social relationships and health.