title: Creating a transdisciplinary research center to reduce cardiovascular health disparities in Baltimore, Maryland: lessons learned.
abstract: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) disparities continue to have a negative impact on African Americans in the United States, largely because of uncontrolled hypertension. Despite the availability of evidence-based interventions, their use has not been translated into clinical and public health practice. The Johns Hopkins Center to Eliminate Cardiovascular Health Disparities is a new transdisciplinary research program with a stated goal to lower the impact of CVD disparities on vulnerable populations in Baltimore, Maryland. By targeting multiple levels of influence on the core problem of disparities in Baltimore, the center leverages academic, community, and national partnerships and a novel structure to support 3 research studies and to train the next generation of CVD researchers. We also share the early lessons learned in the center's design.
authors.affiliation: Lisa A. Cooper, L. Ebony Boulware, Edgar R. Miller III, Sherita Hill Golden, Gary Noronha, Hsin-Chieh Yeh, David M. Levine, Felicia Hill-Briggs, Jeanne Charleston, Nae-Yuh Wang, Hanan Aboumatar, Jennifer P. Halbert, and Frederick L. Brancati are with the Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Kathryn A. Carson and Patti L. Ephraim are with the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore. Mary Margaret Huizinga is with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, TN. Debra L. Roter and Lee R. Bone are with the Department of Health Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Miyong Kim is with the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore.
authors.forename: Lisa A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: L Ebony
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Boulware
authors.forename: Edgar R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Sherita Hill
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Golden
authors.forename: Kathryn A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Carson
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Noronha
authors.forename: Mary Margaret
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Huizinga
authors.forename: Debra L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Roter
authors.forename: Hsin-Chieh
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Lee R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Bone
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: Felicia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hill-Briggs
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Charleston
authors.forename: Miyong
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Nae-Yuh
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hanan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aboumatar
authors.forename: Jennifer P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Halbert
authors.forename: Patti L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Ephraim
authors.forename: Frederick L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Brancati
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D015142:Baltimore; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000517:prevention & control; D033181:Information Dissemination; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships
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