Community Kit for Cardivoscular Health

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目将开发用于心血管健康社区工具包的健康材料原型，该工具包与阿巴拉契亚的独特文化相一致，该地区每12个美国人中就有一个居住。有证据表明，该区域心血管疾病的发病率过高。阿巴拉契亚缺乏文化上适当的心血管风险预防材料。该公司试图开发一个文化上一致的工具包，使用妇女在阿巴拉契亚家庭的焦点作用作为切入点。为了测试这种方法的可行性，该公司将开发使用适当图像和信息的材料，以增强女性预防后代风险行为的能力。工作人员将组织焦点小组，了解阿巴拉契亚人对心血管风险预防的反应。根据调查结果，工作人员将开发材料原型。同时，工作人员将开发一种工具来评估材料，并对该工具进行预测试，以解决可靠性和有效性问题。通过调查，工作人员将确定妇女是否理解信息，接受信息，并感到有动力。Toborg Associates将在专著中记录其研究和建议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will develop prototypes of health materials for a Community Kit for Cardiovascular Health that is congruent with the unique culture of Appalachia, a region where one in 12 Americans lives. There is evidence of excessively high patterns of cardiovascular disease in the region. Appalachia lacks culturally appropriate materials for cardiovascular risk prevention. The firm seeks to develop a culturally congruent kit that uses the focal role of women in the Appalachian family as the access point. To test this approach's feasibility, the firm will develop materials that use appropriate images and messages to empower women to prevent risk behaviors among their offspring. Staff will conduct focus groups to understand how Appalachians react to cardiovascular risk prevention. Based on findings, staff will develop prototypes of materials. Concurrently, staff will develop an instrument to evaluate materials and pretest this instrument to address issues of reliability and validity. By means of a survey, staff will determine whether women understand messages, accept them, and feel motivated. Toborg Associates will document its research and recommendations in a monograph.