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Sisters of Heart (Hermanas de Corazón): A Community Health Worker Initiative for Improving Heart Health in Migrant Farmworker Women

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Emory University
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorEmory University
Started2025-09-16
Est. completion2028-12
Eligibility
Age18 Years – 45 Years
SexFEMALE
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations1 site

Summary

The goal of this hybrid Type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial is to test the extent to which a peer support and community resource navigation intervention improves psychological well-being, addresses social determinants of health and thus reduces cardiometabolic risk among rural, migrant, low-income farmworker women aged 18-45 years. The main questions it aims to answer are: * If and to what extent does the intervention reduce stress, social isolation, and psychological distress by improving social support and access to needed resources? * If and to what extent does the intervention improve cardiometabolic health, measured by the American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8 (LE8) score? Researchers will compare the CHW-led Sisters of Heart (Hermanas de Corazón) intervention to a Basic intervention (LE8 assessment and resource information) to assess the effect of peer support and community resource navigation on heart health outcomes.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years – 45 YearsSex: FEMALEHealthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* self-identified female employed as a migrant farmworker;
* Fluent in Spanish or English verbal literacy
* Planning to be in the geographic area for a minimum of 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Cognitive or psychological impairment precluding informed consent and/or active participation in the study due to substance use, neurologic, or other disorder
* Pregnant or breastfeeding.

Conditions8

DiabetesGender Related StressHeart DiseaseHypertensionObesityOccupational StressPre DiabetesSocial Isolation

Locations1 site

Southern GA - Colquitt County
Ellenton, Georgia, 31747
Bassey Enunbenun@emory.edu

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