The Healthy Adults Project in rural Oklahoma.
BACKGROUND
Screening to identify individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease is sorely needed in rural areas of Oklahoma.


OBJECTIVE
The Healthy Adults Project was started as a screening program for public school employees in a rural school district in southwest Oklahoma.


METHODS
The screening project is a collaborative effort between the Anadarko Public School district and the University of Oklahoma Prevention Research Center. Two hundred twenty-four (224) employees participated in the screening in 2004, and 206 employees participated in 2005.


RESULTS
Approximately 50% of females and 80% of males had two or more modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease in 2004 and 2005.


CONCLUSIONS
Worksite screening is a valuable tool to raise awareness of risk factors for cardiovascular disease, particularly in less densely populated areas where wages are low and few preventive services are available. Knowledge of individual risk is the first step in improving health outcomes.
Eichner
June E
JE
OU Prevention Research Center, OUHSC, Suite 532, Roger Bldg, 800 NE 15th St, OKC, OK 73104, USA.
Fisher
Kimberly A
KA
Moore
William E
WE
Kobza
Cee E
CE
Abbott
Kathryn E
KE
Thompson
David M
DM
Stephens
Aietah L
AL
D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009825:Oklahoma; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population