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Adaptation of an Evidence-Based Cardiovascular Health Intervention for Rural African Americans in the Southeast

Description
Explores the process of adapting an evidence-based intervention to address factors contributing to cardiovascular disease in African Americans living in the rural southeastern U.S. Uses community-based participatory research via focus groups, interviews, web-based surveys, and weekly meetings with community and academic stakeholders to identify findings and integrate them into the structure of the intervention.
Author(s)
Kiana D. Bess, Leah Frerichs, Tiffany Young, et al.
Citation
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 13(4), 385-396
Date
2019
Type
Document
Tagged as
Black or African American · Cardiovascular disease · Community and faith-based initiatives · Health disparities · The South · North Carolina