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BONUS: Some studies will pay people to participate!

Did you know you can help find answers to health problems, violence, and more by teaming up and joining a health research study? 

It can be as easy as filling out a survey from your smartphone. 

Black adults aren’t represented as much in health research as others, so let your voice be heard so that whatever discoveries are made might be able to benefit you and the people you love one day! 

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Health Studies for Black Community

Ways to Help Humanity

Are you Black and living with type 2 diabetes? Try meditation! It might help reduce stress, improve sleep, and reduce the risk of heart disease in people like you.

About 5.7 million Blacks in the U.S. have diabetes. If you’re Black and have type 2, team up to see whether meditation might lead to new ways of improving sleep and overall health!
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Are you close with an African American adult age 65 and over? Let's see if an online program can help people stay active, independent, and connected to their loved ones - all from the comfort of home!

More than 34 million people take care of elderly family and friends. If you're one of them, team up with your older adult to test whether a new app might help them stay active, independent, and connected as they age!
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Calling all Black males aged 15-24! Are you sick of violence in your neighborhood? Team up to help develop a violence prevention app!

Young Black men and boys are more likely to be exposed to various forms of violence. Alcohol or drug use often spark this violence. Team up if you want this to end! Help develop an app that gives options and strategies to stop addiction and avoid violence.
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Are you a Black dad of a 2- to 6-year old child whom you don’t live with full-time? Team up to help learn more about how stress, sleep, and diet affect your gut and impact your health!

Let’s see the impact that your unique experience as a Black dad has on your gut health! Your gut microbiome is the good and bad bacteria that live inside each of us. Daily habits like diet, exercise, sleep and stress affect your gut and overall health. You’ll have just one call and one visit!
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If you’re Black or Hispanic and healthy, share info about your health and lung function. It might help reveal the best ways to prevent lung disease!

A lung disease called COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. If you’re healthy, answer questions about your health and lifestyle and do an easy test to check your breathing a few times a year. It might help reveal how to best prevent COPD and other lung diseases like asthma or cancer.
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Are you an 18- to 45-year-old pregnant Black woman living in Chicago? Are you considered overweight or do you have diabetes during your pregnancy? Take a survey to help advance Black maternal health!

Black women who develop pregnancy diabetes are more likely to experience pregnancy complications. Team up for just one hour and take a survey from the comfort of home. Your participation might one day help develop a dietary guide for women like you!
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Do you have Type 1 diabetes? Let’s see how meals, exercise, stress, and sleep affect your blood sugar!

Around 1.5 million Americans have type 1 diabetes. Let’s see how meals, exercise, stress, and sleep affect blood sugar levels. Your participation might one day be used in the development of an artificial pancreas to help people like you!
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