Jenkins Felicia, Mueller Martina, Gibson Lynette M, Gregoski Mathew J, Jenkins Carolyn, Magwood Gayenell S
Mary Black School of Nursing, University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, SC.
College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
J Natl Black Nurses Assoc. 2017 Dec;28(2):1-6.
Physical inactivity can have major implications for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, which are leading causes of morbidity among African-American women. Recruiting in rural populations can present challenges and strategies that work in one community but may not be successful in another community. This study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and implementation of community-based screening using an abbreviated Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Risk Factor self-report survey in a geographic region where these data were previously unavailable. Participants (N = 32) included African-American/Black women, 21 years of age or older, who attended health screening events in a rural county in South Carolina. Findings from this study demonstrated the feasibility of community-based cardiometabolic risk screenings using an abbreviated REACH Risk Factor survey and linking participants to follow-up primary care. Findings also provide insight into recruitment strategies in this geographic region.
缺乏身体活动会对心血管疾病和糖尿病产生重大影响，而这两种疾病是美国非裔女性发病的主要原因。在农村地区招募参与者可能会面临挑战，某些策略在一个社区可行，但在另一个社区可能并不成功。本研究在一个此前没有此类数据的地理区域，使用简化的社区健康种族和族裔方法（REACH）风险因素自我报告调查，检验了基于社区的筛查的可行性、可接受性和实施情况。参与者（N = 32）为年龄在21岁及以上的非裔美国/黑人女性，她们参加了南卡罗来纳州一个农村县的健康筛查活动。这项研究的结果表明，使用简化的REACH风险因素调查进行基于社区的心脏代谢风险筛查，并将参与者与后续初级保健相联系是可行的。研究结果还为该地理区域的招募策略提供了见解。
