TY - JOUR
T1 - Design and Implementation of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos
AU - Sorlie, Paul D.
AU - Avilés-Santa, Larissa M.
AU - Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia
AU - Kaplan, Robert C.
AU - Daviglus, Martha L.
AU - Giachello, Aida L.
AU - Schneiderman, Neil
AU - Raij, Leopoldo
AU - Talavera, Gregory
AU - Allison, Matthew
AU - LaVange, Lisa
AU - Chambless, Lloyd E.
AU - Heiss, Gerardo
N1 - Funding Information:
A Steering Committee (consisting of the principal investigators of each field center, the principal investigator of the coordinating center, and the project officer of the NHLBI) provides the scientific and procedural direction for the HCHS/SOL. Reporting to the Steering Committee are the following committees: Ancillary Studies, Publications, Community Relations, Endpoints, Operation/Examination, Retention/Follow-up, Sampling/Recruitment, Translation/Validation, Quality Control, Questionnaires, and Career Development. The HCHS/SOL is conducted under the oversight of each institutional review board at the field centers and coordinating center institutions. The study has an Observational Studies Monitoring Board that serves as advisory to the NHLBI and provides oversight on participant burden, safety, study progress and reviews all ancillary studies. As a study funded by Federal contracts the data collection forms received clearance from the Office of Management and Budget. The table in the appendix describes each institution and staff involved in the HCHS.
PY - 2010/8
Y1 - 2010/8
N2 - Purpose: The Hispanic Community Health Study (HCHS)/Study of Latinos (SOL) is a comprehensive multicenter community based cohort study of Hispanics/Latinos in the United States. Methods: The Study rationale, objectives, design, and implementation are described in this report. Results: The HCHS/SOL will recruit 16,000 men and women who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino, 18 to 74 years of age, from a random sample of households in defined communities in the Bronx, Chicago, Miami, and San Diego. The sites were selected so that the overall sample would consist of at least 2000 persons in each of the following origin designations: Mexican, Puerto Rican and Dominican, Cuban, and Central and South American. The study includes research in the prevalence of and risk factors for heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders, kidney and liver function, diabetes, cognitive function, dental conditions, and hearing disorders. Conclusions: The HCHS/SOL will (1) characterize the health status and disease burden in the largest minority population in the United States; (2) describe the positive and negative consequences of immigration and acculturation of Hispanics/Latinos to the mainstream United States life-styles, environment and health care opportunities; and (3) identify likely causal factors of many diseases in a population with diverse environmental exposures, genetic backgrounds, and early life experiences.
AB - Purpose: The Hispanic Community Health Study (HCHS)/Study of Latinos (SOL) is a comprehensive multicenter community based cohort study of Hispanics/Latinos in the United States. Methods: The Study rationale, objectives, design, and implementation are described in this report. Results: The HCHS/SOL will recruit 16,000 men and women who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino, 18 to 74 years of age, from a random sample of households in defined communities in the Bronx, Chicago, Miami, and San Diego. The sites were selected so that the overall sample would consist of at least 2000 persons in each of the following origin designations: Mexican, Puerto Rican and Dominican, Cuban, and Central and South American. The study includes research in the prevalence of and risk factors for heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders, kidney and liver function, diabetes, cognitive function, dental conditions, and hearing disorders. Conclusions: The HCHS/SOL will (1) characterize the health status and disease burden in the largest minority population in the United States; (2) describe the positive and negative consequences of immigration and acculturation of Hispanics/Latinos to the mainstream United States life-styles, environment and health care opportunities; and (3) identify likely causal factors of many diseases in a population with diverse environmental exposures, genetic backgrounds, and early life experiences.
KW - Acculturation
KW - Cardiovascular Disease
KW - Epidemiologic Methods
KW - Hispanics
KW - Risk Factors
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U2 - 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.03.015
DO - 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.03.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 20609343
AN - SCOPUS:77954292248
SN - 1047-2797
VL - 20
SP - 629
EP - 641
JO - Annals of Epidemiology
JF - Annals of Epidemiology
IS - 8
ER -
