Churches as targets for cardiovascular disease prevention: comparison of genes, nutrition, exercise, Wellness and spiritual growth (GoodNEWS) and Dallas County populations

Background We compared cardiovascular (CV) risk factors (CVRFs) of community-based participatory research (CBPR) participants with the community population to better understand how CBPR participants relate to the population as a whole. Methods GoodNEWS participants in 20 African-American churches in...

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Published in:Journal of public health (Oxford, England) England), 2013-03, Vol.35 (1), p.99-106
Main Authors: Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M., Banks-Richard, Kamakki, Williams-King, Elicia, Tong, Liyue, Ayers, Colby R., de Lemos, James A., Gimpel, Nora, Lee, Jenny J., DeHaven, Mark J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Black or African American - genetics
Cardiovascular Diseases - ethnology
Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control
Christianity
Cohort Studies
Community-Based Participatory Research
Cross-Sectional Studies
Educational Status
Exercise - physiology
Female
Health Promotion - methods
Health Services
Humans
Hyperlipidemias - epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Obesity - epidemiology
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Spiritual Therapies - organization & administration
Texas - epidemiology
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Summary:Background We compared cardiovascular (CV) risk factors (CVRFs) of community-based participatory research (CBPR) participants with the community population to better understand how CBPR participants relate to the population as a whole. Methods GoodNEWS participants in 20 African-American churches in Dallas, Texas were compared with age/sex-matched African-Americans in the Dallas Heart Study (DHS), a probability-based sample of Dallas County residents. DHS characteristics were sample-weight adjusted to represent the Dallas County population. Results Despite having more education (college education: 75 versus 51%, P
ISSN:1741-3842
1741-3850
DOI:10.1093/pubmed/fds060