Improving mental health in black men through a 24-week community-based lifestyle change intervention: the black impact program.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis paper used data collected as part of the standard assessment procedures of the Black Impact study, as reviewed and approved by The Ohio State University Biomedical Sciences Institutional Review Board (Study ID: 2019H0302). All participants provided written informed consent prior to any study-related procedures. The study was performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Conflict of interestThe authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests. Conflict of interest The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare."

"Funding Black Impact was funded through an Ohio State University Connect and Collaborate grant, focused on bringing faculty and community organizations/members together to address health. Black Impact was supported by Award Number Grant UL1TR002733 from the National Center For Advancing Translational Sciences. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Center For Advancing Translational Sciences or the National Institutes of Health. Preparation of this manuscript was supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program ID# 76236,JJJ), the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (K23DK117041, JJJ) and the National Cancer Institute (K08CA245208, TSN) of the National Institutes of Health. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript."

"Trial Registration Retrospectively Registered, ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04787978."