Key result
Community intervention targets CVD risk factor reduction in high-risk minority populations through environmental changes.
Why the study?
Health promotion interventions that reduce cardiovascular disease have not been widely tested in poor, minority ethnic communities despite high CVD rates.
Population
Low income African American and Latino population in East Harlem, New York City (53% Latino, 39% African American)
Comparison
Community intervention program to change behaviors contributing to chronic disease
Design
Primary prevention community intervention program
Authors
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Community CVD programs in low-income minority areas appear feasible; leaves open whether they reduce risk factors or improve outcomes.
Describes a community-based primary prevention model aimed at reducing cardiovascular disease risk factors in a low-income, minority urban population.
Barbara L. Brenner (2002) studied Cardiovascular disease risk factors. Community intervention program was evaluated. A community intervention program in East Harlem was described to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors among low-income African American and Latino populations through environmental changes.
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