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Family Health Histories: Creating a Culturally Tailored Tool to Reduce Health Disparities in the Black Community
Sponsor: Michigan State University
Summary
The understanding, utilization and uptake of Family Health History is essential to the prevention of health disparities in the African American community. Creating a culturally tailored Family Health History tool, co-developed by members of the African American community will inform, educate and empower African Americans about health issues related to their family genealogy. Applying the knowledge gained via Family Health Histories to increase preventative behaviors including screenings thus linking people to needed health services to prevent the onset of disease and illness.
Official title: Family Health Histories: Creating a Culturally Tailored Tool to Reduce Health Disparities in the African American Community
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2025-03-30
Completion Date
2026-01-31
Last Updated
2025-09-09
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
African American Family Health History Education Program
The AAFHHEP arm is an intervention to increase utilization of FHH and increase preventative screening. This tool will be culturally tailored by African Americans for African Americans.
Locations (1)
Michigan State University
Flint, Michigan, United States