Medical Inspection – Health Blog

Among participants in the study: 13% were 18 to 44 years old, 50% were 45 to 64 years old, and 37% were older than 65 years; 65% were women; 42% were married or coupled; 61% had completed high school education or higher; 39% were employed; 33% had annual household incomes <$10,000 and 65% had incomes [...]

The methods used in Project DIRECT are described in detail elsewhere. Briefly, the survey was conducted in 1997, among civilian, non institutionalized adults, aged >18 years, by using a multistage, population-based probability sample from census files in predominantly African-American neighborhoods in Raleigh and Greensboro, NC. All data were collected at baseline, before interventions were commenced, [...]