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Family Health Histories: Creating a culturally tailored tool to reduce health disparities in the African American Community

Award Number: K01MD015079
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/01/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 01/31/2026

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Family Health Histories: Creating a culturally tailored tool to reduce health disparities in the African American Community - African Americans (AA) suffer disproportionately across most health disparities (HD). Preventative behaviors including screenings can inform proactive measures to address many HD which include: diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, HIV, STDs/STIs, cancer, and cardiovascular disease, most of which can be prevented.1-3 Evidence suggests that a lack of general health literacy (HL) and racially appropriate health communication strategies may contribute to the consistent high rates of health disparities in the AA community. Family Health Histories (FHH), which describe genetic and other familial contributions to health, have been identified as an effective tool for prevention and early detection and screenings. The underutilization of FHHs in AA communities negatively impacts screening and preventative measures that could prevent the onset of disease, illness and ultimately death.4 Although many FHH toolkits have been created to assist families in gathering FHH information, these tools typically are mostly focused for the general population and do not account for the cultural and ethnic nuances, communication preference and health literacy levels of the African American community.4 The failure to effectively engage AA in the creation and conception of culturally relevant FHH tools and activities to date likely contributes to their underutilization in this population. The objective of this K01 is to develop culturally appropriate FHH tools designed for broad understanding and uptake in AA communities. The central hypothesis of this proposal is that, using a community based participatory research (CBPR) approach, co-development of a culturally appropriate FHH toolkit will increase the utility and engagement of AA families in FHH activities; increase effective health communication within the family structure; and increase the health literacy of participants in a multifaceted effort to reduce and ultimately eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities. Flint is an ideal community in which to conduct this participatory research because the recent events of the Flint Water Crisis have created interest in genetics and FHH in the AA community as a result of community concern around the generational impacts of bacteria and lead exposure on health. Therefore, we will have partners within AA communities in Flint who will be motivated to partner with us to develop these tools for Flint and for other minority communities. This career development award is being submitted by Dr. Kent Key, a candidate with extensive experience in CBPR and a solid foundation in qualitative and health disparities research. To reach his long term goal of becoming an R01-funded researcher in CBPR to reduce health disparities by increasing health literacy and using effective health communication strategies to reduce and ultimately eliminate racial health disparities for African-American populations, this K01 will provide additional training in the following areas: (1) intervention development and design and conduct of randomized trials, (2) health communication models, (3) health literacy promotion, (4) CBPR approaches to Genomics and Genetics, (5) biostatistics, (6) grant-writing.


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 = $124,567 )
2025	2025	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	426 AUDITORIUM RD RM 2	EAST LANSING	MI	48824	INGHAM	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	001	5	4/24/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$12,457
2025	2025	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	426 AUDITORIUM RD RM 2	EAST LANSING	MI	48824	INGHAM	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	5	1/18/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$112,110
														Subtotal = $124,567

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $124,567 )
2024	2024	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	426 AUDITORIUM RD RM 2	EAST LANSING	MI	48824	INGHAM	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	4	1/29/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$112,110
2024	2024	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	426 AUDITORIUM RD RM 2	EAST LANSING	MI	48824	INGHAM	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	001	4	5/29/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$12,457
														Subtotal = $124,567

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $124,567 )
2023	2023	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	426 AUDITORIUM RD RM 2	EAST LANSING	MI	48824	INGHAM	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	3	1/21/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$124,567
														Subtotal = $124,567

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $124,567 )
2022	2022	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	426 AUDITORIUM RD RM 2	EAST LANSING	MI	48824	INGHAM	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	2	1/23/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$112,110
2022	2022	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	426 AUDITORIUM RD RM 2	EAST LANSING	MI	48824	INGHAM	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	001	2	4/13/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$12,457
														Subtotal = $124,567

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $124,567 )
2021	2021	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	426 AUDITORIUM RD RM 2	EAST LANSING	MI	48824	INGHAM	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	1	5/1/2021	NEW	$124,567
														Subtotal = $124,567

Grand Total All Awards = $622,835

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Family Health Histories: Creating a culturally tailored tool to reduce health disparities in the African American Community

Award Number: K01MD015079

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/01/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 01/31/2026

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