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Dyslipidemia Detection for WV Families

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Study Participants

STUDY 1 INDIVIDUAL AND FOCUS GROUP INTERVIEWS
Dtusy Participants 5th Grade Children Parents Community Leaders* Total
Preliminary Focus Groups
92
36
14
142

* Community Leaders included a variety of participants in leadership positions in the community. Positions included: mayor, chamber of commerce president, physician, county commissioner, hospital administrator, newspaper publisher, county clerk, and community business owners.

 

 

STUDY 2 AND STUDY 3 QUESTIONAIRES
b

5th
Grade Children

 Parents Community Leaders* Total
Health Belief
Questionnaires 2004
240
240
44*
524
Pre/Post Screening
Questionnaires
2005/2006
102/89
102/89
204/178
 
728/178

* Community Leaders included a variety of participants in leadership positions in the community. Positions included: chamber of commerce president, fire chief, mayors, chairman of hospital board, health department administrator, health department officer, county commissioner, superintendent, and chairman of the school board.

 

 

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS OF PARTICIPANTS BY STUDY
 
Study I
Study II
  Children Parents Leaders Children Parents Leaders
Variable
N=92
N=36
N=14
N=240
N=240
N=43
Gender (%)
Male
47
36
79
49
7
63
Female
53
64
21
51
92
37
Age in years (M)
11
42
58a
10
36
58a
Race (% Caucasian)
87
97
100
97
98
98
Education (%)              
Grade School
100
0
0b
100
0
0b
<HS grad.
0
9
0
0
15
0
HS grad.
0
41
0
0
38
14
Some college
0
15
42
0
27
19
College grad./+
0
35
50
0
21
67
*Social Class Rank (%)
I
3
42c
3
33c
II
24
33
10
40
III
12
17
24
26
IV
30
0
46
2
V
32
0
17
0

Note: Percentages that do not total 100% indicate missing data.

*Social Class Rank reflects categories created by Hollingshead’s Two-Factor Index of Social Position.

a For Studies I and II, indicates significant difference (p<.01) between parents and community leaders on age
b For Study I, indicates significant difference (p<.05) between parents and community leaders on education; for Study II (p<.01)
c For Studies I and II, indicates significant difference (p<.01) between parents and community leaders on social class rank

 


FOCUS GROUPS TO TEST TAILORED MATERIALS
  5th Grade Children Parents Total
Intervention Materials Focus Groups
75
34
109

 

 

STUDY 4 FOLLOW-UP PHONE CALLS TO PARENTS AFTER SCREENING
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Parents
Tailored Counties
167
Standard County (Mingo)
33
Total
200