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Completed Projects
Coronary Risk Factor Screening
and Behavior Change in Women
Specific Aims/Objectives:
To establish a comprehensive cardiac risk factor
screening program for women. To compare the effect of
risk factor screening, with and without CT imaging of
the coronary arteries, on behavior change in women.
Current Status:
Recruitment is still active. Approximately 40 women
have been enrolled, and have completed their first series
of visits.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Female between the ages of 55 and 75 years of age
- Not currently using hormone replacement therapy
- At least 3 years post-menopause, naturally or surgically
- No history of heart disease or breast cancer
| Community Action Team (CAT
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Daun Barrett, Coordinator
Valley Parish Nurse Program, Griffin Hospital |
Jennifer Ballard, Administrator
Prevention Research Center |
Mark Grogan, MD, Cardiologist
Griffin Hospital |
Georgia Jennings, MPH, Deputy
Director
Prevention Research Center |
David L. Katz, MD, MPH, Director
Prevention Research Center |
Carol Kirby, Assistant Manager
American
Red Cross Valley Chapter |
Jeffrey Lederman, Internal/Preventive
Medicine Resident
Griffin Hospital |
Laurie Margolies, MD, Radiologist
Griffin Hospital |
Haq Nawaz, MD, MPH, Research
Manager
Prevention Research Center |
Anastasia Timpko, Director, Volunteer
and Community Services
Health Resource Center, Griffin Hospital |
Viola Vacarrino, MD, PhD
Yale School of Public Health |
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