Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Address correspondence to: Abbey C. The study compares participation rates for the various interventions to assess which were the most engaging in the priority community and identifies factors that differentiate participants vs.
Participation data were merged with electronic health record EHR data representing the larger community population to enable an analysis of participation in the context of the entire community. Interventions that yielded the highest engagement were those that had significant staffing and recruited participants over several months, often with many opportunities to participate or register.
Compared to nonparticipants, HONU participants were significantly older and a higher proportion were female, married, overweight or obese, and had high cholesterol. Participants also had a lower prevalence of smoking and diabetes than nonparticipants.
Findings indicate community-based CVD prevention initiatives can be successful in engaging a high proportion of adult community members. Partnering with local health care systems can allow for use of EHR data to identify eligible participants and evaluate reach and engagement of the priority population. Keywords: program participation, community engagement, community-based, population, cardiovascular disease, prevention.
Cardiovascular disease CVD and its associated risk factors are the principal drivers of mortality and health care costs in the United States. CVD is primarily attributable to 9 modifiable risk factors including lifestyle ie, smoking, inadequate fruit and vegetable intake, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity , high-risk biometric values ie, blood pressure, lipids, obesity, diabetes , and psychosocial factors.
