Old SCHOOL Hip-Hop: Improve Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Alzheimer Disease, Neurology |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Neurology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 9 - Any |
| Updated: | 2/3/2019 |
| Start Date: | September 18, 2018 |
| End Date: | July 2022 |
| Contact: | James Noble, MD |
| Email: | jn2054@columbia.edu |
| Phone: | 212-342-4126 |
Old SCHOOL Hip-Hop: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge
The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the knowledge of parents and children with
respect to dementia symptoms, risk factors, and response before and after an interactive
dementia education program that uses music and dance to enhance a health education curriculum
at 1-week and 3-months after the intervention.
respect to dementia symptoms, risk factors, and response before and after an interactive
dementia education program that uses music and dance to enhance a health education curriculum
at 1-week and 3-months after the intervention.
Public awareness of Cardinal Alzheimer's disease (AD) symptoms remains low. Adults often
underestimate personal dementia risk; minority populations are more likely to have low
dementia literacy and be unaware of it. Cultural dementia belief in minority groups are
complex and pose barriers to diagnosis, with dementia symptoms being considered a part of
normal aging, or that discussion may be taboo even when recognized. A key barrier to timely
AD diagnosis in African Americans is delayed physician contact, often years-long, following
the onset of first symptoms. Despite studies demonstrating that dementia concepts first
develop in elementary school periods, apart from our work, no dementia awareness programs
focus on children. This intervention therefore addresses a major gap regarding optimal
approaches for shifting cultural perceptions of dementia in low-income minority populations
and reducing barriers to its timely diagnosis.
underestimate personal dementia risk; minority populations are more likely to have low
dementia literacy and be unaware of it. Cultural dementia belief in minority groups are
complex and pose barriers to diagnosis, with dementia symptoms being considered a part of
normal aging, or that discussion may be taboo even when recognized. A key barrier to timely
AD diagnosis in African Americans is delayed physician contact, often years-long, following
the onset of first symptoms. Despite studies demonstrating that dementia concepts first
develop in elementary school periods, apart from our work, no dementia awareness programs
focus on children. This intervention therefore addresses a major gap regarding optimal
approaches for shifting cultural perceptions of dementia in low-income minority populations
and reducing barriers to its timely diagnosis.
Inclusion Criteria:
- 4th and 5th-grade children (ages 9-11y) and their parents (age > 20 years).
- Selected New York City public schools with similar socio-demographic composition.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Schools have already received pilot OSHH and the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) programming.
We found this trial at
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site
630 W 168th St
New York, New York
New York, New York
212-305-2862
Principal Investigator: James Noble, MD
Phone: 212-342-4126
Columbia University Medical Center Situated on a 20-acre campus in Northern Manhattan and accounting for...
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