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Filter by:To evaluate the impact of organizational-level health promotion activities and worksite characteristics on employee dietary and smoking behaviors.
For State Health Departments located in Stroke Belt states, to assess high risk target audiences' needs and identify opportunities for more effective delivery of medical and/or educational services to reduce the high rate of stroke mortality experienced in the southeastern United States.
To develop a scientifically valid and ethnically approved, lay-led smoking cessation intervention for Southeast Asian men and women, i-e., those from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
To conduct a five-year demonstration and education project to sustain smoking cessation postpartum by women who had stopped smoking in pregnancy.
To evaluate two educational programs that promoted the role of pediatric practices in lowering LDL cholesterol levels in 4-10 year old hypercholesterolemic children through dietary modification.
To develop and to test a brief telephone intervention following clinic treatment for smoking cessation.
To study relationships among lipoprotein metabolism, hypertension, and hyperinsulinemia-insulin resistance in African American males and females. The study was part of a Collaborative Project on Minority Health which investigated the mechanisms by which insulin contributes to cardiovascular disease.
To develop effective strategies for enhancing adherence to therapeutic interventions designed to improve care for hypertensive minority populations.
To improve long-term blood pressure BP) control in a predominantly African-American, low SES community of a large city.
To investigate whether a health education program, developed in partnership with the community and delivered by nurse supervised community health workers (CHWs), lowered high blood pressure (HBP) in inner city African American adults.