Strong Men, Strong Communities: Cultural Tradition to Improve Native Men’s Health (Strong Men/SMSC)
Status: Current
Grant Start: 05/15/2015
Grant End: 07/31/2023
Strong Men, Strong Communities: Cultural Tradition to Improve Native Men’s Health (SMSC) informs the design and implementation of culturally informed, community-based lifestyle interventions for diabetes prevention in American Indian men in our partner communities and elsewhere, as well as in men of other minority groups who experience a heavy burden of diabetes. The goals of the study are to: refine the diabetes prevention program with feedback from focus groups in three partner communities; compare changes in diabetes risk score (primary outcome) and modifiable diabetes risk factors (secondary outcomes) in the SMSC intervention with the wait-list control group; and to evaluate the ability of the SMSC to retain 80% of the enrolled participants (target n=240).
Partners
- MedStar Health Research Institute (MHRI)
- Natives for Community Engagement and Equity
- Minnesota Indian Health Board
Funding Sponsors
- Federal - National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Study Type
- Randomized controlled trial
Study Characteristics
- Ages 18 plus
Principal Investigator(s)
Team Member(s)
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Erin R. Morgan, PhD, MS
Analyst
Heath Research Initiatives
- American Indian and Alaska Native
Focus Areas
- Cardiovascular disease
- Health disparities
- Nutrition