Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 190, Issue 5, Pages 707-717Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaa231
Keywords
chronic diseases; cohort studies; health disparities; longitudinal studies; minority populations
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Funding
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [R01-HL143792, K01-HL120951]
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities [R21-MD013650]
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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The PROSPECT study in Puerto Rico aims to identify trends and associations in cardiovascular disease risk factors, collecting comprehensive data and estimating prevalence and incidence of these factors. The study will inform public health priorities and help reduce cardiovascular disease in Puerto Rico.
The Puerto Rico Observational Study of Psychosocial, Environmental, and Chronic Disease Trends (PROSPECT) is a prospective cohort study in Puerto Rico (PR) aiming to identify trends and longitudinal associations in risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). In 2019, PROSPECT investigators started recruiting a sample of 2,000 adults aged 30-75 years in PR using multistage probabilistic sampling of households and community approaches. Culturally sensitive trained research assistants assess participants, at baseline and at 2-year follow-up, in private rooms at a network of partner clinics. The study collects comprehensive data on demographic factors, socioeconomic and environmental factors, medical history, health conditions, lifestyle behaviors, psychosocial status, and biomarkers of CVD and stress. PROSPECT will estimate the prevalence and incidence of psychosocial, lifestyle, and biological CVD risk factors, describe variations in risk factors by urbanicity (urban areas vs. rural areas) and exposure (before and after) to natural disasters, and determine predictors of longitudinal changes in CVD risk factors. The study has 4 coordinated operational strategies: 1) research productivity (including synergy with existing epidemiologic cohorts of Hispanics/Latinos for comparison); 2) research infrastructure (biorepository, ancillary studies, and clinical research network); 3) capacity-building, education, and training; and 4) community outreach, dissemination, and policy. PROSPECT will inform public health priorities to help reduce CVD in PR.
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