The KaHOLO Project: Preventing Cardiovascular Disease in Native Hawaiians

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

This project is a community-engaged, randomized control trial of hula, the indigenous dance form of Native Hawaiians (NH), among 250 NHs with hypertension living in Hawaii and Washington State. Investigators will compare the effects of a 6-month intervention, called the KaHOLO Program, delivered by trained peer educators to a wait-list control condition on blood pressure and 10-year cardiovascular risk. The intervention will be comprised of hula plus hypertension self-care education program. Investigators will also examine the mediating effects of health behaviors, self-regulation, psychosocial, and socio-cultural factors on blood pressure reduction. The ultimate goal is to develop and test a culturally-appropriate, acceptable, and effective intervention that can be delivered and sustained in community settings.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02620709

Run by

University of Hawaii

People needed

275

Starts

2016-01-01

Expected to finish

2021-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-03-25

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Native Hawaiian ancestry
• Physician diagnosed HTN
• Continued SBP>140
• Physicians approval to participate in moderate PA
• No prior CVD history

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant

Where it is running

• University of Hawaii, John A Burns School of Medicine, Department of Native Hawaiian Health — Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

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