Use of community-based participatory research to disseminate baseline results from a cardiovascular disease randomized community trial for Mexican Americans living in a U.S.-Mexico border community.

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dc.contributor.authorBalcazar, Hector
dc.contributor.authorRosenthal, Lee
dc.contributor.authorDe Heer, Hendrick
dc.contributor.authorAguirre, Melissa
dc.contributor.authorFlores, Leticia
dc.contributor.authorVasquez, Esperanza
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, Maria
dc.contributor.authorSchulz, Leslie
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:04:19Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:04:19Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION: This article describes the development of a community-based participatory research (CBPR) process conducted in the context of a randomized community health education trial utilizing community health workers (CHWs). OBJECTIVES: To present lessons learned from the utilization of CBPR methodology in a cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention trial among Mexican American adults in a U.S.-Mexico border community and to disseminate the baseline results associated with risk factors for CVD and their associated demographic and psychosocial characteristics. METHODS: Participants were 328 Hispanic adults ages 30-75 with at least one risk factor for CVD (overweight, smoking, high cholesterol, diabetic or hypertensive), who were recruited through approaching households in randomly selected census tracts within a specified zip code area. RESULTS: CBPR methods were applied during the different stages of the research enterprise to support the development and implementation of the intervention trial aim at reducing cardiovascular risk factors for Mexican American adults. Data from baseline were used as an important component of dialogue with the community. DISCUSSION: CBPR proved to be a good learning process for all partners involved. The risk profile of the participants demonstrated the "epidemic" nature of CVD morbidity conditions associated with Mexican origin populations living in a U.S.-Mexico border community. The CBPR dialogue was instrumental as a process to help disseminate to the community the need for projects like the one described in this article
dc.description.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2865886/?tool=pubmed
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/iued-e7eq
dc.identifier.citationBalcazar, Hector and Rosenthal, Lee and De Heer, Hendrick and Aguirre, Melissa and Flores, Leticia and Vasquez, Esperanza and Duarte, Maria and Schulz, Leslie (2009) Use of community-based participatory research to disseminate baseline results from a cardiovascular disease randomized community trial for Mexican Americans living in a U.S.-Mexico border community. Education for health (Abingdon, England), 22 (3). p. 279.
dc.identifier.issn1469-5804
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 3055
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23674
dc.subjectCardiovascular Disease
dc.subjectinterventions
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectmethodologies
dc.subjectCommunity health workers
dc.subjectHispanic
dc.subjectMexican American
dc.subjectcardiovascular disease
dc.subjectrandomized community trial
dc.subjectU.S.-Mexico border
dc.subjectcommunity-based participatory research
dc.titleUse of community-based participatory research to disseminate baseline results from a cardiovascular disease randomized community trial for Mexican Americans living in a U.S.-Mexico border community.
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