Abstract

The major goal of the NCCU Export Center Community Engagement/Outreach core component is throughresearch identify and develop innovative strategies and focused efforts to address health disparities amongAfrican Americans in Durham, Wake, and Orange counties. Through community outreach and engagement,the research core will access the effectiveness of health education messages through the use of drama andstandard lecture format. Moreover, the research core will attempt to identify most effective messages andlocations for the delivery of health education messages. We hypothesize that theater will be more effectivethan lecture in increasing knowledge and encouraging health related behavior change. Also we hypothesizethat focus groups will be effective in identifying the most effective messages and locations for the delivery ofhealth information. Outreach efforts will include health assessment, community engagement (organizingstakeholders, town hall meetings, and community focus groups), and community education, as well asproviding structured opportunities for NCCU students to participate as researchers in population-basedresearch studies that are focused on addressing and reducing health disparities among African Americans.To effectuate this goal, two specific aims are proposed.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Type
Exploratory Grants (P20)
Project #
2P20MD000175-06
Application #
7339259
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-DIG-B (52))
Project Start
2007-09-30
Project End
2012-05-29
Budget Start
2007-09-30
Budget End
2008-05-31
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
2007
Total Cost
$69,265
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
North Carolina Central University
Department
Type
DUNS #
783691801
City
Durham
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip Code
27707

  Publications

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Dubey, Bhawna; Jackson, Maria D; Zeigler-Johnson, Charnita et al. (2017) Inflammation polymorphisms and prostate cancer risk in Jamaican men: Role of obesity/body size. Gene 636:96-102
Pointer, Mildred A; Hicks, Kianda; Williams-Devane, ClarLynda et al. (2015) Gender differences in preclinical markers of kidney injury in a rural north Carolina african-american cohort. Front Public Health 3:7
Pointer, Mildred A; Eley, Shaleka; Anderson, Lauren et al. (2015) Differential Effect of Renal Cortical and Medullary Interstitial Fluid Calcium on Blood Pressure Regulation in Salt-Sensitive Hypertension. Am J Hypertens 28:1049-55
Ghosh, Sujoy; Vivar, Juan; Nelson, Christopher P et al. (2015) Systems Genetics Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Novel Associations Between Key Biological Processes and Coronary Artery Disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 35:1712-22
Sesay, John S; Gyapong, Reginald N K; Najafi, Leila T et al. (2015) G?i/o-dependent Ca(2+) mobilization and G?q-dependent PKC? regulation of Ca(2+)-sensing receptor-mediated responses in N18TG2 neuroblastoma cells. Neurochem Int 90:142-51
Rankinen, Tuomo; Sarzynski, Mark A; Ghosh, Sujoy et al. (2015) Are there genetic paths common to obesity, cardiovascular disease outcomes, and cardiovascular risk factors? Circ Res 116:909-22
Spruiell, Krisstonia; Gyamfi, Afua A; Yeyeodu, Susan T et al. (2015) Pregnane X Receptor-Humanized Mice Recapitulate Gender Differences in Ethanol Metabolism but Not Hepatotoxicity. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 354:459-70
Chatterjee, Pradeep K (2015) Directing enhancer-traps and iTol2 end-sequences to deleted BAC ends with loxP- and lox511-Tn10 transposons. Methods Mol Biol 1227:99-122

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