Community Engagement ALliance Against Disparities - Washington District of Columbia (DC), Maryland, and Virginia (CEAL-DMV)
Johns Hopkins University
Summary
The Community Engagement Alliance against Disparities - Washington District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia (CEAL DMV), is a multi-community and multi-university consortium. Through collaboration and shared leadership, the CEAL-DMV the consortium- comprising five institutions: George Washington University, Howard University, Johns Hopkins University, Morgan State University, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore-has established a regional structure for bi-directional community involvement to engender trust and foster communication. Each site builds on thriving community partnerships, which have been instrumental in enhancing trust, community capacity, and readiness to reduce health disparities.
Description
The investigators propose to evaluate the effect of a multi-level, community-digital health promotion intervention, compared to delayed control intervention, at improving health and social service utilization, and the prevention and management of hypertension, diabetes, overweight and obesity. The evidence-based intervention is based on substantial evidence supporting the role of Community Health Workers in health promotion and reduction of risks associated with chronic diseases. Studies have demonstrated community health worker (CHW) intervention success at improving chronic disease risks an…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Self-identify as Black or Latino * Age 18 years or older * Reside in defined geographic area * Diagnosis of one or more target conditions: Prediabetes/Diabetes (HbA1c 5.7%), Hypertension (≥130/80 mm Hg), Overweight/obesity (BMI \>25 kg/m\^2) Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to provide informed consent * No access to phone/internet
Interventions
- BehavioralMulti-level, community-digital health promotion intervention
Community level activities: 1. Capacity building for community-based organizations, and 2. Community health workers will facilitate linkage to community resources, including health/social service access referrals and client social support. Individual level activities: 1. Goal setting and self-monitoring, 2. Tailored feedback, 3. Personalized lifestyle coaching, health and social service referral support, and 4. Digital access and digital health literacy skills building Social network: 1. Social network-based activities, and 2. Digital health literacy skills building
Locations (2)
- George Washington University, Milken Institute of Public HealthWashington D.C., District of Columbia
- Johns Hopkins University School of NursingBaltimore, Maryland