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Advancing Science in Community-Engaged Research: Increasing Capacity to Reach Diverse Populations and Address Health Disparities [Symposium]

Abstract

African immigrants (AIs) are a growing yet understudied immigration population in the US. Churches that serve the AI population are a feasible and ideal setting for conducting community-based research to understand the cardiovascular health of AIs. The evidence and lessons learned from the Afro-Cardiac Study among AIs will be presented.

Author Details

Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PhD - School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Joycelyn Cudjoe, BSN - School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Maryland, USA; Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD - School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Sigma Membership

Nu Beta at-Large

Lead Author Affiliation

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Presentation

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Keywords:

African Immigrant, Cardiovascular Risk, Community Engaged Research

Conference Name

28th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Dublin, Ireland

Conference Year

2017

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Church-based recruitment of African immigrants: Evidence and lessons learned from the Afro-Cardiac Study

Dublin, Ireland

African immigrants (AIs) are a growing yet understudied immigration population in the US. Churches that serve the AI population are a feasible and ideal setting for conducting community-based research to understand the cardiovascular health of AIs. The evidence and lessons learned from the Afro-Cardiac Study among AIs will be presented.