Healing and Empowering Alaskan Lives Towards Healthy-Hearts Study

Trial ID or NCT#

NCT02137902

Status

not recruiting iconNOT RECRUITING

Purpose

This study aims to identify effective and cost-effective interventions for tobacco use and other risk behaviors for cardiovascular disease among Alaska Native people in rural villages. In a randomized controlled trial, the study will compare interventions using telemedicine to promote the American Heart Association's identified ideal health behaviors (nonsmoking and physical activity) relative to ideal health factors (managing cholesterol and blood pressure).

Official Title

Healing and Empowering Alaskan Lives Towards Healthy-Hearts Study

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study: Older than 19 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
Inclusion Criteria:
  1. * Smoking \> 5 cigarettes/day and \> 100 cigarettes in one's lifetime* Hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, or established vascular disease* Fluent in English language
Exclusion Criteria:
  1. * Dementia or other brain injury* Pregnancy or breastfeeding* Currently engaged in tobacco treatment or using cessation pharmacotherapy

Investigator(s)

Judith Prochaska
Senior Associate Vice Provost, Clinical Research Governance and Professor of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center)

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Contact

Judith J Prochaska, PhD, MPH
650-724-3608