South Asian research participants wanted for heart health study

The University of Otago's South Asian Heart Disease Risk Reduction project is recruiting participants to be surveyed and interviewed. 

South Asians are one of the three high risk groups for cardiovascular disease. This study aims to understand whether South Asians with medically untreated high blood cholesterol have the knowledge to make lifestyle changes and if they have received culturally appropriate professional advice to enable this.

Participants will recieve a $20 grocery voucher at the end of the study.

You will be asked to complete an online survey (10-15 minutes) and a telephone interview.

Eligibility

You can participate if you:

➢are South Asian, i.e., from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Nepal, Pakistan or Sri Lanka,
➢have high blood cholesterol but you are not taking any medications for this,
➢speak English fluently,
➢have not had a previous cardiac event such as heart attack or angina and you do not have any terminal illness.

To register for the study, contact Dr Sherly Parackal (text or phone) on 0212792596 or email sherly.parackal@otago.ac.nz


This project has been approved by the University of Otago Human Ethics Committee. 22/143, 17/11/2022