Partnership Programs to Reduce Cardiovascular Disparities- Morehouse- Emory Partnership
Completed
Conditions studied: Metabolic Syndrome
In brief
The theme of this Morehouse-Emory Partnership Program focuses on elucidating the etiologic basis of ethnic differences in obesity-related CVD and discovering new intervention strategies to ameliorate CV health in all communities. The proposed Program uses a multi-disciplinary strategy to systematically characterize ethnic differences in obesity-related CVD by drawing upon the fields of physiology, psychology, biochemistry, vascular biology, public health, nursing and clinical medicine.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00336869
- Run by
- Emory University
- People needed
- 680
- Starts
- 2005-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-11-18
Who can join
Age: 30 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Our methodological approach will involve a random digit-dialing cross-sectional survey of 4000 Metro Atlanta area AA and white residents (ages 30-65 years). This aim will focus on using well-validated survey instruments to examine self-reported perceptions of psychosocial stress, neighborhood segregation factors and health beliefs related to weight/weight control. These parameters will be assessed in relation to the differential prevalence of three major outcomes: (1) self-reported maladaptive cardiovascular behaviors that predispose to obesity-related CVD (ie high fat/sodium and low fruit/vegetables dietary intake and physical inactivity); (2) obesity; and (3) hypertension.
- This study will address the following research questions: Are the observed racial differences in maladaptive health behaviors (diet/inactivity) and MetS components (obesity, hypertension) associated with: a) perceived psychosocial stress, and if so, does depression, neighborhood factors or health beliefs around weight and weight control modify this relationship?
Where it is running
- Morehouse CRC — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Emory GCRC — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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