Study Details

Community-Partnered Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities—DIFFUSION

Njeri Karanja, Principal Investigator
Christina Gullion, Co-Investigator

 African-Americans continue to suffer disproportionately from cardiovascular disease (CVD). The behavioral risk factors survey and other studies show that African-Americans have higher behavioral and genetic risk factors for CVD. This grant is developing a collaboration with African-American community organizations to promote the adoption and maintenance of CVD preventive behaviors. Fifty African-Americans who are heads of their household are participating in a six-month weight loss program previously shown to be effective for African-American women. This program is being followed by a family-based program intended to a maintain weight loss behaviors and extend these behaviors to family members.
Funding source: National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

Our Locations
Three Regions — One Mission
Each CHR site conducts professionally independent, public domain research and disseminates its findings in the scholarly literature and scientific community.

Northwest
 3800 N. Interstate
Portland, OR 97227      
503.335.2400

Hawaii
 711 Kapiolani Blvd.
Suite 200
Honolulu, HI 96813
101.222.2400 		Southeast
 3495 Piedmont Road, NE
Ten Piedmont Center,
Suite 205
Atlanta, GA 30305
202.555.1212

US Map

 
Kaiser Permanente