Heart health for South Asians: improved cardiovascular risk factors with a culturally tailored health education program

Abstract Background/Aim The Kaiser Permanente (KP) Northern California Heart Health for South Asians (HHSA) Program is a two-hour educational class that provides culturally relevant lifestyle and dietary recommendations to South Asian (SA) patients, in an effort to reduce their known disproportionat...

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Published in:	BMC Public Health
Main Authors:	Paniz Vafaei, Chi-Mei Liu, Hank Davis, Priyal Patel, Uma Vadlakonda, Seema Pursnani
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2023-04-01
Subjects:	South asian ethnicity Cardiovascular risk factors Cardiovascular outcomes Culturally tailored health education programs
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15667-y