URL: http://archives.niddk.nih.gov/patient/bach/bach.aspx
Proper Citation: Boston Area Community Health Survey (RRID:SCR_007115)
Description: An epidemiologic study being conducted in the Boston metropolitan area to examine the prevalence of symptoms for health problems such as interstitial cystitis, urinary incontinence, benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostatitis, hypogonadism, and sexual function. Of interest to the survey are health disparities and inequalities. BACH is especially concerned with lack of adequate health insurance, lack of access to adequate medical care, and how these problems influence patterns of disease. The study also focuses on social determinants of disease that are over and above the contribution of individual characteristics and risk factors. To achieve a randomly sampled population, four neighborhoods were divided into 12 strata and from them investigators selected census blocks. Households were then randomly selected from the census blocks and sampled to identify eligible study participants. Investigators conduct a two-hour, in-home, bilingual field interview of all eligible participants, looking at symptoms and asking questions about lifestyle, physical activity, alcohol use, nutrition, demographics, and morbidity. They also conduct a detailed inventory of medications, both prescribed and over-the-counter, and take two non-fasting blood samples for hormone, cholesterol, and lipid levels that will be stored for future studies. By the time the study ends, approximately 6,000 men and women, ages 30 to 79, from four Boston area neighborhoods that have density levels proportionate with minority populations will have been interviewed in their homes. One third of the randomly sampled population will be African American; one third, Hispanic; and one third, Caucasian.
Abbreviations: BACH Survey, BACH
Synonyms: Boston Area Community Health (BACH) Survey
Resource Type: portal, research forum portal, data or information resource, disease-related portal, topical portal, resource
Keywords: prevalence, symptom, epidemiology, health problem, disparity, inequality, health insurance, medical care, disease, social determinant, risk factor, male, female, adult human, middle adult human, late adult human, interview, african-american, hispanic, caucasian, epidemiological study, lifestyle, physical activity, alcohol use, nutrition, demographics, morbidity, medication, blood, hormone, cholesterol, lipid level, biomaterial supply resource
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