Electronic health record reveals community-level cardiometabolic health benefits associated with 10 years of community-based participatory research.

BACKGROUND While a major goal of community-based participatory research (CBPR) is to improve community health; it is unclear how to measure longstanding success of CBPR. OBJECTIVE We sought to determine the impact of ongoing CBPR on cardiometabolic health of participating communities, including in people not directly participating in research. METHODS We used linear mixed-effects modelling with electronic medical records from 2002 to 2012 from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, which provides health care to all Alaska Native people in southwestern Alaska, to compare rates of change in cardiometabolic risk factors between communities that did and did not participate in ongoing CBPR beginning in 2003. RESULTS We analysed 1,262,035 medical records from 12,402 individuals from 10 study and 38 control communities. Blood pressure declined faster in study than in control communities: systolic blood pressure (0.04 mmHg/year; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.01, 0.08); diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (0.07 mmHg/year; 95% CI: 0.04, 0.09). Body mass index increased 0.04 units/year faster in study communities than in control communities (95% CI: 0.03, 0.05). More study visits were associated with faster reduction of DBP and triglyceride levels in study communities. CONCLUSIONS Ongoing CBPR may improve overall cardiometabolic health in communities, perhaps by increasing engagement in health and advocacy.

• Publication year

  2024

• Venue

  Public Health

• Publication date

  2024-05-10

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.04.010PMID 38733959PMCID PMC11176004
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