Ivey Susan L, Patel Shilpa, Kalra Preety, Greenlund Kurt, Srinivasan Shobha, Grewal Damanpreet
Center for Family and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-7360, USA.
J Interprof Care. 2004 Nov;18(4):391-402. doi: 10.1080/13561820400011800.
The object of this research was to assess cardiovascular (CV) risks in Asian Indians in California. We conducted eight focus groups and a pilot survey using community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods. Focus groups were held in six communities. Surveys were conducted by telephone or in person in areas selected for high population densities of Asian Indians. We selected focus group subjects by snowball sampling (n = 57). We held six English and two Punjabi groups. We used a surname-based phone list from three area codes for telephone interviews (n = 254). We added 50 in-person interviews for comparison (total n = 304) and did 50 interviews in Punjabi. We held community meetings for dissemination. Focus groups discussed CV risks; themes developed aided survey development. In-person and telephone surveys were feasible. Telephone surveys were more gender-balanced and people more often answered alcohol, tobacco, and income questions. Self-reported prevalences for hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes were 20.4, 35.3 and 10.6%, respectively. Only 11.9% of persons reported ever smoking cigarettes. It was concluded that CBPR methods were effective in this exploratory study assessing CV risks in Asian Indians. Hypertension, high cholesterol, and diabetes were more prevalent in participants than the population average; other risk factors were less common (tobacco).
本研究的目的是评估加利福尼亚州亚裔印度人的心血管（CV）风险。我们采用基于社区的参与性研究（CBPR）方法开展了8个焦点小组讨论和一项试点调查。在6个社区举行了焦点小组讨论。在亚裔印度人人口密度高的地区通过电话或面对面方式进行调查。我们通过滚雪球抽样选取焦点小组参与者（n = 57）。我们举行了6个英语小组和2个旁遮普语小组。我们使用来自三个区号的基于姓氏的电话名单进行电话访谈（n = 254）。我们增加了50次面对面访谈用于比较（总计n = 304），并进行了50次旁遮普语访谈。我们举行了社区会议进行传播。焦点小组讨论了心血管风险；形成的主题有助于调查的开展。面对面和电话调查都是可行的。电话调查的性别更为均衡，人们更常回答有关酒精、烟草和收入的问题。高血压、高胆固醇血症和糖尿病的自我报告患病率分别为20.4%、35.3%和10.6%。只有11.9%的人报告曾经吸烟。得出的结论是，在这项评估亚裔印度人心血管风险的探索性研究中，CBPR方法是有效的。参与者中的高血压、高胆固醇和糖尿病比总体平均水平更为普遍；其他风险因素则较少见（烟草）。
