Project Organization: Measures, specific procedures, and variable coding, can be found within the relevant sub-component of the project. Materials common to all component (e.g., participant demographics) are kept at the superordinate level (here).
Terminology Note: Many other terms have been used to refer to the population of interest, including Native American and Indigenous People. We use American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) in accordance with the 1977 joint resolution of the National Congress of American Indians and the National Tribal Chairmen’s Association, that in the absence of a specific tribal designation, American Indian and/or Alaska Native is the preferred term of reference. Our study includes individuals from many different tribal groups across the U.S., making the general AI/AN term most appropriate in this context.
Project Overview: This is a cross-sectional observational study of an adult, urban-dwelling, community sample of American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). Each study participant was asked to complete a half-day session at the research center, followed by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) monitoring with ecological momentary assessment (EMA), and then a debriefing interview. Participants could opt-out of any study procedure/measure they did not wish to complete.
Data Collection: December, 2016, to ???, 2019
IRB Approval: Primary IRB oversight was provided by the Colorado Multiple Institutional Review Board, Protocol #16-1258.
Funding: The study was funded through a grant from the American Heart Association, **Strategically Focused Research Network: Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease** (15SFDRN24180024/ 15SFDRN25090330)