Timeline

Years 1 and 2 (August of 2003- July of 2005)

• Establish contact with school and community personnel involved with study
• Conduct focus groups and individual interviews and create Health Beliefs Questionnaires (Study1)
• Obtain Health Beliefs Questionnaires from 5th grade children, parents and community leaders (Study2)
• Create Tailored CARDIAC recruitment procedures using data from focus groups and questionnaires
• Create Tailored/ Standard CARDIAC Procedure Manuals to use during personnel training
• All research counties follow Standard Procedures for recruitment to CARDIAC to establish baseline participation rates

Year 3 (August of 2005- July of 2006)

• Train Field Personnel
• Monitor personnel adherence to Standard and Tailored procedures for recruitment to CARDIAC
• Compare participation rates for counties using Standard and Tailored procedures for the initial CARDIAC screening (Study 3) and for the follow-up fasting lipid profile
  (Study 4)
• Conduct follow-up interviews with participants

Year 4 (August of 2006 - July of 2007)

• Complete data analysis
• Present findings to schools, RHEP, and communities
• Prepare articles of research results