Church-based recruitment of African immigrants: Evidence and lessons learned from the Afro-Cardiac Study
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Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PhD - School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Joycelyn Cudjoe, BSN - School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Maryland, USA; Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD - School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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African immigrants (AIs) are a growing yet understudied immigration population in the US. Churches that serve the AI population are a feasible and ideal setting for conducting community-based research to understand the cardiovascular health of AIs. The evidence and lessons learned from the Afro-Cardiac Study among AIs will be presented.
Event Theme: Influencing Global Health Through the Advancement of Nursing Scholarship
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Keywords | African Immigrant; Cardiovascular Risk; Community Engaged Research |
Name | 28th International Nursing Research Congress |
Host | Sigma Theta Tau International |
Location | Dublin, Ireland |
Date | 2017 |
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