The South Asian Healthy Lifestyle Intervention (SAHELI) trial: Protocol for a mixed-methods, hybrid effectiveness implementation trial for reducing cardiovascular risk in South Asians in the United States

Intensive lifestyle interventions targeting diet and physical activity are recommended for reducing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk in adults. However, existing interventions often do not reach immigrant populations because of a mismatch between the social, cultural, and environmental context of immigrants and Western bio behavioral models which underpin evidence-based lifestyle interventions. The South Asian Healthy Lifestyle Intervention (SAHELI) study is a type 1 hybrid design randomized controlled trial aimed at reducing ASCVD risk in South Asian Americans, a group at higher ASCVD risk than whites and other Asian Americans.

Source: Contemporary Clinical Trials - March 23, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Namratha R. Kandula, Veronica Bernard, Swapna Dave, Linda Ehrlich-Jones, Catherine Counard, Nirav Shah, Santosh Kumar, Goutham Rao, Ronald Ackermann, Bonnie Spring, Juned Siddique Source Type: research