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  • Public Health
  • Cardiovascular Health
  • Diabetes Prevention

Background:

  • Physical inactivity significantly impacts cardiovascular disease and diabetes, major health issues for African-American women.
  • Rural populations present unique recruitment challenges for health studies.
  • Data on cardiometabolic risk factors were previously unavailable for this specific rural region.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the feasibility, acceptability, and implementation of community-based health screenings.
  • To evaluate the use of an abbreviated Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Risk Factor survey.
  • To establish a baseline of cardiometabolic risk data and facilitate linkage to primary care in a rural South Carolina county.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted community-based health screening events in a rural South Carolina county.
  • Recruited 32 African-American/Black women aged 21 years and older.
  • Utilized an abbreviated REACH Risk Factor self-report survey to assess health risks.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated the feasibility of conducting community-based cardiometabolic risk screenings.
  • Confirmed the acceptability of the abbreviated REACH Risk Factor survey in this population.
  • Successfully linked participants to follow-up primary care services.
  • Provided valuable insights into effective recruitment strategies for this geographic region.

Conclusions:

  • Community-based screenings using the abbreviated REACH survey are feasible and acceptable for identifying cardiometabolic risks in rural African-American women.
  • This approach effectively connects women to essential primary care follow-up.
  • Findings offer practical strategies for future health interventions in similar underserved rural communities.