Minority Health and Health Equity Archive

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Welcome to the Minority Health and Health Equity Archive (MHHEA), an electronic archive for digital resource materials in the fields of minority health and health disparities research and policy. It is offered as a no-charge resource to the public, academic scholars and health science researchers interested in the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities.

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    The "Rolling Store:" an economical and environmental approach to the prevention of weight gain in African American women.
    (2009) Kennedy, Betty M; Champagne, Catherine M; Ryan, Donna H; Newton, Robert; Conish, Beverly K; Harsha, David W; Levy, Erma J; Bogle, Margaret L
    The Rolling Store, at least on the small scale on which it was implemented, is a feasible approach to producing weight loss and improvements in healthy eating when combined with an educational program in a small community center.
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    Using a Family History Intervention to Improve Cancer Risk Perception in a Black Community.
    (2011) Murthy, Vinaya S; Garza, Mary A; Almario, Donna A; Vogel, Kristen J; Grubs, Robin E; Gettig, Elizabeth A; Wilson, John W; Thomas, Stephen B
    Few studies examine the use of family history to influence risk perceptions in the African American population. This study examined the influence of a family health history (FHH) intervention on risk perceptions for breast (BRCA), colon (CRC), and prostate cancers (PRCA) among African Americans in Pittsburgh, PA. Participants (n = 665) completed pre- and post-surveys and FHHs. We compared their objective and perceived risks, classified as average, moderate, or high, and examined the accuracy of risk perceptions before and after the FHH intervention. The majority of participants had accurate risk perceptions post-FHH. Of those participants who were inaccurate pre-FHH, 43.3%, 43.8%, and 34.5% for BRCA, CRC, and PRCA, respectively, adopted accurate risk perceptions post-FHH intervention. The intervention was successful in a community setting. It has the potential to lead to healthy behavior modifications because participants adopted accurate risk perceptions. We identified a substantial number of at-risk individuals who could benefit from targeted prevention strategies, thus decreasing racial/ethnic cancer disparities.