# Pediatric ECHORN Cohort Study: intergenerational factors that contribute to cardiovascular risk in the Eastern Caribbean

> **NIH NIH R01** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $34,045

## Abstract

Abstract:
The epidemic of obesity among racial/ethnic minority children has been compounded by a
disturbing increase in other pediatric cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension and
hyperlipidemia. The Pediatric Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network Cohort
Study (P-ECS) was established to characterize the intergenerational factors that contribute to
pediatric cardiovascular risk. The proposed Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in
Health-Related Research layers community-level data collection onto rich individual-level data
collected by the Adult ECHORN (A-ECS) and P-ECS. The work will be conducted in a single
ECHORN site (Barbados), with one aspect of the work exploring the feasibility of expanding the
methods to the other ECHORN sites and developing a toolkit for expansion across the network
(USVI, Puerto Rico & Trinidad). Our aims center around the concept of walkability and its impact
on overall health and wellness. Our intention is to focus on detailed neighborhood
characterization, subsequently linking this characterization to new data collected on individual-
level health outcomes measured in the P-ECS. We will focus on both macroscale and
microscale environmental features. To our knowledge, this type of neighborhood
characterization has not been attempted in the Caribbean region; nor has the influence of
different neighborhood characteristics on individual-level walking behavior been examined.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10415534
- **Project number:** 3R01HL143785-04S1
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Oswald Peter Adams
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $34,045
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2021-09-03 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10415534

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10415534, Pediatric ECHORN Cohort Study: intergenerational factors that contribute to cardiovascular risk in the Eastern Caribbean (3R01HL143785-04S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10415534. Licensed CC0.

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