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The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Community and Surrounding Areas Study: sample, design, and procedures
Gallo, Linda C. Carlson, Jordan A. Sotres-Alvarez, Daniela Sallis, James F. Jankowska, Marta M. Roesch, Scott C. Gonzalez, Franklyn Geremia, Carrie M. Talavera, Gregory A. Rodriguez, Tasi M.
Gallo, Linda C.
Carlson, Jordan A.
Sotres-Alvarez, Daniela
Sallis, James F.
Jankowska, Marta M.
Roesch, Scott C.
Gonzalez, Franklyn
Geremia, Carrie M.
Talavera, Gregory A.
Rodriguez, Tasi M.
Abstract
Purpose We describe the sample, design, and procedures for the Community and Surrounding Areas Study (CASAS), an ancillary to the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). The aim of SOL CASAS was to test an ecological model of macro- and micro-neighborhood environment factors, intermediate behavioral (physical activity) and psychosocial (e.g., depression and stress) mechanisms, and changes in cardiometabolic health in Hispanics/Latinos. Methods: Between 2015 and 2017, approximately 6 years after the HCHS/SOL baseline (2008–2011), 1776 San Diego HCHS/SOL participants enrolled in SOL CASAS and completed a repeat physical activity assessment. Participants’ residential addresses were geoprocessed, and macroenvironmental features of the home were derived from publicly available data concurrent with the HCHS/SOL baseline and Visit 2 (2014–2017). Microscale environmental attributes were coded for 943 unique routes for 1684 participants, with a validated observational tool, concurrent with Visit 2, for SOL CASAS participants only. Results: Of 2520 HCHS/SOL participants approached, 70.5% enrolled (mean age 55.3 years; 94% Mexican; 67.5% female). Accelerometer adherence (three or more days with at least 10 hours wear time) was outstanding (94%). Conclusions: With its more comprehensive ecological model and well-characterized Hispanic/Latino population, SOL CASAS will advance the science concerning the contribution of neighborhood factors to cardiometabolic health.
Keywords
cardiovascular, depression, environment, Hispanic, Latino, neighborhood, physical activity, risk factors
Date
2019
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Journal article
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Annals of Epidemiology
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30
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57-65
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Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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