Tailored health history tools strengthen preventive care engagement

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Tailored health history tools strengthen preventive care engagement

Can culturally tailored family health history tools improve engagement with preventive care? A new study protocol published in Contemporary Clinical Trials coauthored by GCDTR’s Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH outlines the Family Health History Study, a randomized controlled trial that will develop and evaluate a culturally tailored family health history toolkit for African American adults in Genesee County, Michigan.

  1. Using a community-based participatory research approach, the study will co-develop the toolkit with community members before evaluating its feasibility and acceptability in a randomized trial.
  2. The research aims to inform future approaches to family health history collection and disease prevention in underserved communities.

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