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DASH-ing to Heart Health: Supporting Low-Income African American Women with an Interactive "Meals that Heal" Resource Book

Award Number: G08LM014412
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 01/01/2024
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2026

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DASH-ing to Heart Health: Supporting Low-Income African American Women with an Interactive "Meals that Heal" Resource Book - Although the DASH diet [Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension] has been shown to significantly reduce the risk of hypertension and other cardiovascular disease risk factors, there is a lack of available health information on how to follow a feasible DASH diet for low-income African American women who may be at the most risk for hypertension because of poor social determinants of health. The long-term goal of this project is to increase the accessibility and acceptability of culturally- and economically-responsive dietary approaches to reduce hypertension risk for low-income African American women. The overall goal of this project is to create a useful and usable interactive resource book that increases awareness/knowledge of hypertension and improves ease of following a DASH diet by providing culturally relevant and low-cost DASH recipes that low-income African American women can utilize when making heart healthy food choices. The specific aims are to: (1) evaluate how currently available DASH recipes perform in terms of cultural relevance and economic feasibility; (2) describe what factors influence adherence to the DASH diet; and (3) determine how effective an interactive resource book is at increasing DASH knowledge and the likelihood of using DASH recipes. The first aim will use an integrative review to synthesize related literature. The second aim will explore barriers and facilitators to DASH adherence including dietary preferences and food budgetary decision making. The third aim will evaluate the effectiveness of the resource through community-based food demonstration workshops. This proposed project is innovative because it focuses on adherence to DASH diet and low-income African American women, a group that is disproportionately impacted by hypertension. The proposed project is significant because findings will increase the availability of accessible and usable evidence-based health information for health disparity populations. This knowledge has the potential to increase the adherence to the DASH diet and overall effectiveness of existing interventions, which is critical to reducing hypertension disparities.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $239,984 )
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE	500 S LIMESTONE	LEXINGTON	KY	40526	FAYETTE	USA	Medical Library Assistance	000	2	12/11/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$239,984
														Subtotal = $239,984

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $186,020 )
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE	500 S LIMESTONE	LEXINGTON	KY	40526	FAYETTE	USA	Medical Library Assistance	001	1	9/18/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$67,250
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE	500 S LIMESTONE	LEXINGTON	KY	40526	FAYETTE	USA	Medical Library Assistance	000	1	12/20/2023	NEW	$118,770
														Subtotal = $186,020

Grand Total All Awards = $426,004

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DASH-ing to Heart Health: Supporting Low-Income African American Women with an Interactive "Meals that Heal" Resource Book

Award Number: G08LM014412

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 01/01/2024

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2026

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