Asian American Partnerships in Research and Empowerment (AsPIRE)

Summary

The proposed intervention is part of a multi-year year grant awarded to the NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health by to the National Institutes of Health/National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH/NCMHD). The funding mechanism is specifically the NCMHD Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Initiative in Reducing and Eliminating Health Disparities: Intervention Research Phase (R24).

The objective of this study is to implement and assess the efficacy of a Community Health worker (CHW) intervention to improve hypertension management and access to care among Filipino Americans living in New York and New Jersey. It is believed that when compared to individuals receiving the less intensive CHW intervention, Filipino Americans receiving the more intensive CHW intervention will:

H1: Exhibit greater compliance with appointment keeping. H2: Exhibit greater compliance with medication taking H3: Show greater reductions in mean systolic and mean diastolic blood pressure. H4: Be more likely to exhibit controlled blood pressure

Conditions

• Hypertensive Heart Disease
• Hypertension

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

More intensive CHW Intervention

Group A participants will attend 4 monthly 90 minute group health education sessions that provide the tools and strategies to promote heart health to Filipino American individuals, families, and communities on high blood pressure and CVD. The CHWs will lead these sessions utilizing NHLBI's Healthy Heart Healthy Family, A CHW's Manual for the Filipino Community. Each of the group health education sessions will discuss different content related to CVD, hypertension, and other CVD risk factors. The first session focuses on assessing heart disease risk and recognition of heart attack signs. The second session focuses on physical activity and weight management and blood pressure control. The third session addresses control of cholesterol, and diabetes. The final 4th session teaches participants about nutrition and living smoke free.

BEHAVIORAL

Less Intensive CHW Intervention

Individuals randomized to the less intensive CHW intervention will have the baseline, 4 month, and 8 month interviews and blood pressure measurements will be collected in those succeeding time points. Participants will also receive a 30 minute one on one session from the CHW and a referral to a physician if needed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• NYU Langone Health

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Chau Trinh, MD · NYU Langone Health

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

25 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2010-09-23

Primary Completion

2016-05-03

Completion

2016-05-03

Countries

• United States

Study Locations