Creating Healthier Communities Through Meaningful Partnerships: A Model From the National African American Male Wellness Initiative - OSU Partnership
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Enrolling by invitation
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Diabetes
- Diet, Healthy
- High Cholesterol
- Hypertension
- Sedentary Behavior
- Smoking Reduction
- Weight Loss
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: N/AIntervention Model: Single Group AssignmentIntervention Model Description: single-arm pilot programMasking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Prevention
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Only males
Description
Chronic diseases, particularly diabetes (DM), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer, pose a tremendous burden for Ohio residents, health systems, and employers. This burden is not equally distributed and mortality from these diseases is greatest among African American (AA) men. The National Afric...
Chronic diseases, particularly diabetes (DM), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer, pose a tremendous burden for Ohio residents, health systems, and employers. This burden is not equally distributed and mortality from these diseases is greatest among African American (AA) men. The National African American Male Wellness Initiative (AAMWI) was established in Columbus, Ohio in 2004. Through numerous events including an annual walk with health fair, the AAMWI aims to reduce premature mortality among AA males. It has become the largest health initiative in Central Ohio for AA's, spanning 5 cities in Ohio and total of 16 nationally. The Ohio State University (OSU) partners with the AAMWI to advance health equity in DM, CVD, and cancer. Through our partnership, community health workers (CHWs) and health coaches (HCs) aim to activate at-risk AA men to embrace wellness by: 1) facilitating engagement with a primary care provider and addressing social determinants of health that present barriers to wellness; 2) improving participants' "Life's Simple 7" (LS7) American Heart Association (AHA) metrics (blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, smoking, body mass index, physical activity and dietary intake) through a community team-based intervention (Lloyd-Jones, 2010); and 3) increasing participation in clinical trials.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04787978
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Study Director: Darrell Gray, MD The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center