Dr. Taylor #ASPC20 #heartofprevention
The Heckler Report from 1985 pointed out the differences in health in Black Americans @ABCardio1
When health of white males improving...health of black males increasing or unchanged...
#healthequity @DrMarthaGulati @DrMichaelShapir

Repeating something like the Framingham Heart Study in American was challenged by the transgenerational racism and violation of trust in the Black community by medicine
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As a result, health research was not seen to benefit Black Americans
-Uncertainty of intentions by Black Community
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The launch of the Jackson Heart Study in 2000 by @NIH
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">it was needed to study the population to know what was needed
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">challenges as above existed
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">ambitious goals
#aspc20 #heartofprevention @NIHDirector @NHLBI_Translate

The Jackson Heart Study: Impressive data collection
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">5.5 hours of data collection including psycho-social data
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">Exam 1/2/3
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">88% came back for Exam 2
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One important finding by Jackson Heart Study:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔺" title="Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck" aria-label="Emoji: Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck">By age 60, 80% of African Americans have HTN
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔺" title="Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck" aria-label="Emoji: Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck">SES matters (more likely nocturnal dip)
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Speaks to the importance of hypertension in Blacks
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#ASPC20 #Heartofprevention #JacksonHeartStudy
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔺" title="Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck" aria-label="Emoji: Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck">Masked HTN increased CVD risk
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔺" title="Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck" aria-label="Emoji: Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck">More risk factors, greater risk

Important finding of JHS:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">In those with Sickle trait: HbA1c may not diagnose diabetes
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">sickle trait present in 10% of AA so important to know for prevention
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Social Determinants of Health ( #SDOH) are now being considered more. And we need to discuss this more!
The impact of SDOH, including discrimination and racism, is tied to the development of Hypertension as shown by the Jackson Heart Study
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Dr. Herman Taylor: This are bad and are getting better very very slowly.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔺" title="Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck" aria-label="Emoji: Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck">A Call for Strategic Transformation of Population Studies
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔺" title="Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck" aria-label="Emoji: Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck">Implementation of protocols to examine how to improve heart health
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Race itself is a social construct but what is the mechanism of race impacting disease?
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔺" title="Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck" aria-label="Emoji: Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck">Racism itself can cause disease
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔺" title="Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck" aria-label="Emoji: Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck">There are disparities, they are real but people survive. And thrive. (despite the expectation of bad outcomes)
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Onus cannot be on those who are resilient to dismantle the adversities. it is on all of us to change this
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Keynote lecture by Dr. Herman Taylor @JHS_HeartStudy
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔺" title="Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck" aria-label="Emoji: Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck">Heart activism
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔺" title="Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck" aria-label="Emoji: Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck">Community is key
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔺" title="Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck" aria-label="Emoji: Nach oben zeigendes rotes Dreieck">knowledge of what is impacting AA Health