Feasibility of Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Hispanics Through a Family-Based Community Intervention

Poudre Valley Health System80 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of a 6-month family-based community intervention to mitigate cardiovascular disease risk factors in Hispanic families in northern Colorado as measured through biometric screenings, body composition, physical activity, and health knowledge.

The current project aims to leverage the UCHealth Healthy Hearts Family Program to provide a free, non-insurance-based 1-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and wellness program to Hispanic Colorado families. This program includes an interactive educational class series, baseline and quarterly biometric screenings, and optional consultations with an Exercise Physiologist and a Dietitian. This program takes a novel approach to preventative care by incorporating the family unit with the intention of having the child be the agent of change. The long-term goals of this project are to significantly improve CVD risk factors among participating families and to disseminate study findings to inform developing and current outreach programs to offer effective CVD prevention programs for Hispanic citizens. This work may ultimately lead to more Hispanics being served through new or existing programs, therefore expanding important preventative community health interventions into this underserved population.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases Metabolic Syndrome

Interventions

Healthy Hearts Family ProgramBEHAVIORAL

Participants will participate in a baseline health and knowledge screening, followed by a 6-week once-weekly class series, and 3- and 6-month follow-up health and knowledge screenings.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 13 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * At least one member of the family unit self-identifies as Hispanic * At least 13 years of age Exclusion Criteria: * Unwilling to wear Fitbit devices daily for 6 months except when charging and sleeping * Cannot read or understand either English or Spanish * Cannot return to screening location to perform the minimum of the baseline, 3-month and 6-month follow-up screenings * Children or adolescents will be excluded from this project without a minimum of one accompanying parent or guardian

Locations (1)

Medical Center of the Rockies

Loveland, Colorado, United States

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