This is a proposal for undertaking community engagement, donor collection, and follow-up in four predominantly African American towns in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The precise four towns are not yet specified as there is interest in this project among a larger number of appropriate municipalities. A process of community engagement will include individual interviews, working groups, and focus groups, as community members are asked to assist in identifying risks and benefits, writing culturally appropriate consent forms, designing participant recruitment protocols, setting up community advisory boards, and other modifications to the project that they may suggest. 45 parent-child trios (the parents of which have at least three out of four grandparents who were born in Oklahoma and identified themselves as African Americans) will be elicited in the second phase for blood donation. Those samples will be sent to Coriell for the Haplotype Map collection. The third phase will investigate the ways in which social identities intersect with genetic findings and concepts, using community involvement in the Haplotype Map Project as an opportunity to explore the questions that arise from that intersection.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Type
Biotechnology Resource Grants (P41)
Project #
5P41HG002691-03
Application #
6791296
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZHG1-HGR-P (M2))
Program Officer
Mcewen, Jean
Project Start
2002-09-30
Project End
2006-08-31
Budget Start
2004-09-01
Budget End
2006-08-31
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2004
Total Cost
$82,026
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Oklahoma Norman
Department
Social Sciences
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
848348348
City
Norman
State
OK
Country
United States
Zip Code
73019