Black Men's Health Project

项目总结 在种族和性别的交汇点上，黑人男性的健康状况是所有美国人中最差的 子组。然而，这些并不是正在进行的专门针对黑人男性的纵向研究。我们有 创建了黑人健康项目(BMHP)，这是一项专注于与黑人男性健康相关的问题的倡议 健康。BMHP的长期目标是招募一个由18岁及以上的黑人男性组成的大型全国性小组 基于网络的健康促进干预对改善老年人健康和生活质量的效果研究 生活。BMHP的一个关键组成部分是黑人健康调查(BMHS)--这是一项纵向研究，使用 互联网调查方法和配额抽样，以在全国范围内对5000名黑人男性进行预测样本 通过评估黑人男性的健康状况、健康行为和 在整个生命过程中进行健康寻求实践。除了健康措施外，调查问卷还包括 被发现是黑人男性健康和健康行为的重要决定因素的概念(例如，男子气概， 微侵犯性等)。结果包括心血管风险、抑郁症状和身体状况 功能正常。基线数据收集的具体目标是：1)检查心理社会和 黑人男性抑郁症状的相关行为因素；2)评估两者之间的关系 黑人男性的心理社会和行为因素与心血管风险之间的关系；以及3)决定 黑人男性的心理社会和行为与身体功能的相关性。BMHS的调查结果将是 用于使用基于网络的健康促进干预措施通知后续研究目标，以解决 与心理和身体健康结果相关的独特风险，并将证据告知政策制定者 为制定相关的政策解决方案。

PROJECT SUMMARY At the intersection of race and gender are Black men who have the worst health profile of all American subgroups. Yet these is no ongoing longitudinal study that focuses exclusively on the Black men. We have created the Black Men's Health Project (BMHP), an initiative that focuses on issues related to Black men's health. The long-term goal of the BMHP is to enroll a large national panel of Black men ages 18 and older into a study to test the efficacy of web based health promotion interventions to improve their health and quality of life. A key component of the BMHP is the Black Men's Health Survey (BMHS)—a longitudinal study that uses internet survey methods and quota sampling to accrue a projected national sample of 5,000 Black men to advance knowledge of the health trajectory of Black men by assessing the health status, health behavior, and health-seeking practices across the life course. In addition to the health measures, the questionnaire includes concepts found to be important determinants of the health and health behavior of Black men (e.g., masculinity, microaggressions, etc.). Outcomes include cardiovascular risk, depressive symptoms, and physical functioning. The specific aims for the baseline data collection are to: 1) examine the psychosocial and behavioral factors associated with depressive symptoms on among Black men; 2) assess the relationship between psychosocial and behavioral factors and cardiovascular risk among Black men; and 3) determine the psychosocial and behavioral correlates of physical functioning in Black men. Findings from the BMHS will be used to inform subsequent research objectives using web based health promotion interventions to address unique risks associated with mental and physical health outcomes, and to inform policy makers of the evidence for the development of policy relevant solutions.