Development of an urban community-based cohort to promote health disparities research.
Adult
Cohort Studies
Community Participation
/ methods
Ethnicity
Female
Health Promotion
/ organization & administration
Health Status Disparities
Humans
Hypertension
/ epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Minority Groups
Obesity
/ epidemiology
Philadelphia
Research
/ organization & administration
Socioeconomic Factors
Cohort
Community-based
Epidemiology
Health disparities
Urban
Journal
International journal of public health
ISSN: 1661-8564
Titre abrégé: Int J Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101304551
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2019
Sep 2019
Historique:
received:
06
08
2018
accepted:
30
05
2019
revised:
18
03
2019
pubmed:
22
6
2019
medline:
18
12
2019
entrez:
22
6
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Many academic medical centers are positioned amidst disadvantaged urban neighborhoods in which healthcare services are underutilized, participation in research studies is low, and need for health improvement is vast. The goal of Temple Health: Block-by-Block (THB Recruitment of a population-based sample from 11 Philadelphia zip codes began in August 2015. The cornerstone of the project is the in-home, biannual assessment of each subject. The first-year goal of 1000 enrolled subjects was met. Greater than 90% of subjects represent minority racial or ethnic groups; average age is 46 years; 65% of subjects have a high school education or less. A high burden of health conditions exists including obesity (54%), smoking (41%), hypertension (44%), and diabetes (17.8%). THB
Identifiants
pubmed: 31222474
doi: 10.1007/s00038-019-01267-4
pii: 10.1007/s00038-019-01267-4
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1107-1115Subventions
Organisme : Temple University
ID : Strategic Initiative
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