Pawtucket Heart Health Program
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005151 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : May 26, 2000
Last Update Posted : March 16, 2016
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Sponsor:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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Brief Summary:
To conduct a community-based research and demonstration project in cardiovascular disease prevention in the town of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Targeted risk factors included high blood pressure, elevated blood cholesterol, obesity, cigarette smoking, and sedentary living. To evaluate the program, risk factor surveys on a cross-sectional and cohort basis were conducted along with mortality and morbidity surveillance both in Pawtucket and in the non-intervention comparison town of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Condition or disease |
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Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Diseases Hypercholesterolemia Hypertension Obesity Cerebrovascular Accident Coronary Disease Atherosclerosis |
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Study Type : | Observational |
Study Start Date : | August 1980 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | July 1997 |
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Ages Eligible for Study: | up to 100 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
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Publications:
Siconolfi SF, Carleton RA, Elder JP, Bouchard PA: Hypotension After Exercise and Relaxation. In: Canto RC (Ed), Clinical Sports Medicine, Collamore Press, Lexington, Mass, Chapter 11, 1983
McKinlay SM, Kipp DM, Johnson P, Downey K, Carleton RA: A Field Approach for Obtaining Physiological Measures in Surveys of General Populations: Response Rates, Reliability, and Costs. Health Survey Research Methods: Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on Health Survey Research Methods. Washington, DC, 1982. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 84-3346, 1984
Siconolfi SF, Carleton RA, Lasater TM: Relationship Between Physical Activity Questionnaire and Maximal Oxygen Uptake. Circulation, Supplement, October, 1984
Sennett LL, Peterson G, Elder JP, Lasater TM, Carleton RA: A Community-Based Approach to Weight Loss: The Pawtucket 'Weigh-In.' Chapter in Clinical Sports Medicine, Third Edition, Canto RC (Ed), Collamore Press, Lexington, Mass, in Press, 1985
Elder JP, McGraw SA, Lasater TM, Peterson G, Ferreira A, Carleton RA, Longpre H, Harden E: Gemeindeweite Praevention von Herzkrankheitten in den U.S.A.: der Pawtucket-Experiment. Pravention (FRG), 1986
Siconolfi SF, Lasater TM, Elder JP, Garber CE, Carleton RA: Normal Blood Pressure Reactivity to Mental Stress in Borderline Hypertensive Patients. J Cardiac Rehab, 6:383-398, 1986
Peterson GS, Lefebvre RC, Ferreira A, Sennett L, Lazieh M, Carleton RA: Strategies for Cholesterol Lowering at the Worksite, J Nutr Educ, 18(1), 1986
McKinlay SM, McGraw SA, Assaf AR, Kipp DM, Carleton RA: An Innovative Approach to the Evaluation of Large Community Programs. In: Baum A, Herd JA, (Eds). Perspectives in Behavioral Medicine, Volume 3. Academic Press, Inc. New York, 1987
Elder JP, Abrams DB, Beaudin P, Carleton RA, Lasater TM, Lazieh M, Peterson G, Schwertfeger R: Behavioral Community Psychology and the Prevention of Heart Disease: Community Level Applications of the Pawtucket Heart Health Program. In: Baum A, Herd A, (Eds). Perspectives in Behavioral Medicine, Volume 3. Academic Press, Inc. New York, 1987
Lasater TM, Elder JP, Carleton RA, Abrams DB. The Pawtucket Heart Health Program: Prospects and Process. In: Baum A, Herd JA (Eds). Perspectives in Behavioral Medicine, Volume 3. Academic Press, Inc. New York, 1987
Harden EA, Lefebvre RC, Fuchs V, Lasater TM, Carleton RA: Telemarketing for Health Promotion. Am J Prev Med, 1987
Nelson DJ, et al: A Campaign Strategy for Weight Loss at Worksites. Health Educ Res: Theory and Practice, 2:27-31, 1987
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00005151 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
1022 R01HL023629 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | May 26, 2000 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 16, 2016 |
Last Verified: | July 2000 |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Stroke Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Diseases Atherosclerosis Coronary Disease Hypercholesterolemia Vascular Diseases Arteriosclerosis Arterial Occlusive Diseases |
Hyperlipidemias Dyslipidemias Lipid Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Myocardial Ischemia Cerebrovascular Disorders Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases |