The culturally tailored FAITH! cardiovascular disease prevention program demonstrated high acceptability and favorable perceptions regarding inclusion and knowledge gained among African-Americans.
Observational
Does a culturally tailored cardiovascular disease prevention program yield high acceptability and perceived benefits among African-Americans?
Community-based participatory research is useful in fostering the acceptability of behavior change interventions for cardiovascular disease prevention among marginalized African-American communities.
Striking cardiovascular health disparities exist among African-Americans in Minnesota compared to Whites; however, community-based interventions to address cardiovascular disease risk are lacking. This study explored participant perceptions of a culturally tailored, cardiovascular disease prevention program developed using a community-based participatory research process. Research participation perceptions, program benefits, and program satisfaction/acceptability were analyzed using a mixed-methods approach. Overall, acceptability was high. Findings highlight the favorable inclusion of African-Americans (research perception), knowledge gained about healthy lifestyle practices (benefits), and quality of the curriculum/speakers (satisfaction). Community-based participatory research may be useful in fostering the acceptability of behavior change interventions among marginalized African-American communities.
Brewer et al. (Wed,) conducted a observational in Cardiovascular disease risk. FAITH! Program (culturally tailored cardiovascular disease prevention program) was evaluated on Participant perceptions, program benefits, and program satisfaction/acceptability. The culturally tailored FAITH! cardiovascular disease prevention program demonstrated high acceptability and favorable perceptions regarding inclusion and knowledge gained among African-Americans.