Improving cardiovascular health in black men through a 24-week community-based team lifestyle change intervention: The black impact pilot study

Joshua J Joseph, Timiya S Nolan, Amaris Williams, Alicia McKoy, Songzhu Zhao, Emmanuela Aboagye-Mensah, Bjorn Kluwe, James B Odei, Guy Brock, Dana Lavender, John Gregory, Darrell M Gray 2nd, Joshua J Joseph, Timiya S Nolan, Amaris Williams, Alicia McKoy, Songzhu Zhao, Emmanuela Aboagye-Mensah, Bjorn Kluwe, James B Odei, Guy Brock, Dana Lavender, John Gregory, Darrell M Gray 2nd

Abstract

Background: Higher cardiovascular health scores, using American Heart Association's (AHA) Life's Simple 7 (LS7), have been associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and mortality among all racial/ethnic groups. Nationally, Black men have the lowest levels of LS7. Thus, a study was conducted to evaluate the impact of a community-based team lifestyle change program on LS7 among Black men.

Methods: Black adult males (n = 74) from a large Midwestern city participated in Black Impact, a 24-week community-based team lifestyle change program adapted from the Diabetes Prevention Program and AHA's Check, Change, Control Blood Pressure Self-Management Program, which incorporates AHA's LS7 framework. The change in a LS7 score (range 0-14) from baseline to 12 and 24 weeks was evaluated using a linear mixed-effects model adjusted for age, education, and income.

Results: The mean age of participants was 52 ± 10 years. The men were sociodemographically diverse, with annual income ranging from <$20,000 (7%) to ≥$75,000 (25%). Twenty-five percent were college graduates, 73% had private insurance, and 84% were employed. In fully adjusted models, LS7 score at baseline was 7.12 and increased 0.67 (95%CI: 0.14, 1.20, p = 0.013) and 0.93 (95%CI: 0.40, 1.46, p<0.001) points at 12 and 24 weeks, respectively, compared to baseline. Sensitivity analysis evaluating 5 components (excluding diet and physical activity) and 6 components (excluding diet) also showed significant increases at 12 and 24 weeks (all p<0.01).

Conclusions: The Black Impact lifestyle change single-arm pilot program showed that a community-based lifestyle intervention has the potential to improve LS7 in Black men. Further randomized studies are urgently needed to improve cardiovascular health and advance cardiovascular health equity in Black men.

Keywords: Black men; Cardiovascular disease; Community-based participatory research; Health equity; Life's simple 7.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

© 2022 The Author(s).

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