scholarly journals Community-engaged and community-based participatory research to promote American Heart Association Life’s Simple 7 among African American adults: A systematic review

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. e0238374
Author(s):  
Rana Elgazzar ◽  
Timiya S. Nolan ◽  
Joshua J. Joseph ◽  
Emmanuela B. Aboagye-Mensah ◽  
Rosevine A. Azap ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
African American ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
American Heart Association ◽  
American Heart ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Heart Association ◽  
Community Based ◽  
African American Adults ◽  
Life’S Simple 7

Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Explore Food Insecurity in African American Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-195
Author(s):  
Angelia M. Paschal ◽  
Jermaine B. Mitchell ◽  
Wanda M. Burton ◽  
Jen Nickelson ◽  
Pillar Z. Murphy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based ◽  
African American Adults

scholarly journals Community Engagement in the Development of an mHealth-Enabled Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health Intervention (Step It Up): Pilot Focus Group Study (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joniqua Nashae Ceasar ◽  
Sophie Elizabeth Claudel ◽  
Marcus R Andrews ◽  
Kosuke Tamura ◽  
Valerie Mitchell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Minority Population ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
American Women

BACKGROUND Community-based participatory research is an effective tool for improving health outcomes in minority communities. Few community-based participatory research studies have evaluated methods of optimizing smartphone apps for health technology-enabled interventions in African Americans. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to utilize focus groups (FGs) for gathering qualitative data to inform the development of an app that promotes physical activity (PA) among African American women in Washington, DC. METHODS We recruited a convenience sample of African American women (N=16, age range 51-74 years) from regions of Washington, DC metropolitan area with the highest burden of cardiovascular disease. Participants used an app created by the research team, which provided motivational messages through app push notifications and educational content to promote PA. Subsequently, participants engaged in semistructured FG interviews led by moderators who asked open-ended questions about participants’ experiences of using the app. FGs were audiorecorded and transcribed verbatim, with subsequent behavioral theory-driven thematic analysis. Key themes based on the Health Belief Model and emerging themes were identified from the transcripts. Three independent reviewers iteratively coded the transcripts until consensus was reached. Then, the final codebook was approved by a qualitative research expert. RESULTS In this study, 10 main themes emerged. Participants emphasized the need to improve the app by optimizing automation, increasing relatability (eg, photos that reflect target demographic), increasing educational material (eg, health information), and connecting with community resources (eg, cooking classes and exercise groups). CONCLUSIONS Involving target users in the development of a culturally sensitive PA app is an essential step for creating an app that has a higher likelihood of acceptance and use in a technology-enabled intervention. This may decrease health disparities in cardiovascular diseases by more effectively increasing PA in a minority population.

scholarly journals National Trends in American Heart Association Revised Life's Simple 7 Metrics Associated With Risk of Mortality Among US Adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. e1913131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liyuan Han ◽  
Dingyun You ◽  
Wenjie Ma ◽  
Thomas Astell-Burt ◽  
Xiaoqi Feng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
American Heart Association ◽  
American Heart ◽  
Heart Association ◽  
Risk Of Mortality ◽  
Life’S Simple 7 ◽  
Life's Simple 7 ◽  
National Trends

scholarly journals 2019 American Heart Association Focused Update on Pediatric Basic Life Support: An Update to the American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

Circulation ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 140 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan P. Duff ◽  
Alexis A. Topjian ◽  
Marc D. Berg ◽  
Melissa Chan ◽  
Sarah E. Haskell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
American Heart Association ◽  
Basic Life Support ◽  
Life Support ◽  
American Heart ◽  
Heart Association ◽  
Liaison Committee ◽  
Bystander Cpr ◽  
Hospital Cardiac Arrest

This 2019 focused update to the American Heart Association pediatric basic life support guidelines follows the 2019 systematic review of the effects of dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DA-CPR) on survival of infants and children with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. This systematic review and the primary studies identified were analyzed by the Pediatric Task Force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. It aligns with the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation’s continuous evidence review process, with updates published when the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation completes a literature review based on new published evidence. This update summarizes the available pediatric evidence supporting DA-CPR and provides treatment recommendations for DA-CPR for pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Four new pediatric studies were reviewed. A systematic review of this data identified the association of a significant improvement in the rates of bystander CPR and in survival 1 month after cardiac arrest with DA-CPR. The writing group recommends that emergency medical dispatch centers offer DA-CPR for presumed pediatric cardiac arrest, especially when no bystander CPR is in progress. No recommendation could be made for or against DA-CPR instructions when bystander CPR is already in progress.

P3403Clinical utility of the integration of Life Simple 7 designed by the American Heart Association and the model for cardiovascular risk prediction IberScore

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
L M Ruilope ◽  
E Calvo-Bonacho ◽  
L Quevedo-Aguado ◽  
C Catalina-Romero ◽  
P Valdivielso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Total Cholesterol ◽  
Predictive Model ◽  
American Heart Association ◽  
American Heart ◽  
Heart Association ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Prediction ◽  
Life’S Simple 7 ◽  
Life's Simple 7

Abstract Background/Introduction Practice guidelines are agreed on the importance of lifestyle advice for cardiovascular risk reduction as well as cardiovascular risk prediction in planning preventive strategies. Purpose To assess the clinical usefulness of the application of the predictive model of cardiovascular risk (CVR) IberScore combined with the recommendations of “Life's Simple 7” (LS7) of the American Heart Association (AHA) in a working population. Methods IberScore model is a predictive function for fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular (CV) events derived from a cohort of 774,404 workers (70.4% of the target population) between 16–65 years (average of 35.7 (SD = 10.7)) without CV disease at admission, which was followed for a period of 10 years. Age, sex, total cholesterol, HDL, SBP, glycemia, obesity and a history of dyslipidemia, hypertension and diabetes were used as factors of CVR. Using this model, patients were classified into 4 risk levels. It was also assessed the ideal health status according to the recommendations of “Life's Simple 7” (which includes healthy diet, physical activity, smoking cessation, BMI <25 kg/m2, total cholesterol without treatment <200mg/dl, blood pressure without treatment <120/80 mmHg and basal glycemia <100 mg/dl). Finally, these classifications were compared with the appearance of CV events in a 10-year follow-up. Results The results showed a high sensitivity (given that the predictive capacity reached 82% of the cardiovascular events) by using the IberScore, a logistic flexible parametric model to predict 10-year cardiovascular risk. Likewise, the clinical usefulness of the “Life's Simple 7” recommendations could be verified in order to reduce the incidence of total CV events (fatal and non-fatal). Conclusions The integration of the predictive model IberScore with the preventive recommendations “Life's simple 7” of the AHA applied to the working population would allow a more efficient cardiovascular prevention. Acknowledgement/Funding This project received a research grant from the Carlos III Health Institute (Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Spain). Ref. PI18/01809

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