Family Health Histories: Creating a Culturally Tailored Tool to Reduce Health Disparities in the Black Community

Description

The understanding, utilization and uptake of Family Health History is essential to the prevention of health disparities in the African American community. Creating a culturally tailored Family Health History tool, co-developed by members of the African American community will inform, educate and empower African Americans about health issues related to their family genealogy. Applying the knowledge gained via Family Health Histories to increase preventative behaviors including screenings thus linking people to needed health services to prevent the onset of disease and illness.

Conditions

Hereditary Diseases

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The understanding, utilization and uptake of Family Health History is essential to the prevention of health disparities in the African American community. Creating a culturally tailored Family Health History tool, co-developed by members of the African American community will inform, educate and empower African Americans about health issues related to their family genealogy. Applying the knowledge gained via Family Health Histories to increase preventative behaviors including screenings thus linking people to needed health services to prevent the onset of disease and illness.

Family Health Histories: Creating a Culturally Tailored Tool to Reduce Health Disparities in the African American Community

Family Health Histories: Creating a Culturally Tailored Tool to Reduce Health Disparities in the Black Community

Condition
Hereditary Diseases
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Flint

Michigan State University, Flint, Michigan, United States, 48502

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Self Identify as African American; age 18 and older, English speaking
  • * Non English speaking, non African American, younger than 18 years old

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Michigan State University,

Kent D Key, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Michigan State University

Study Record Dates

2026-01-31