CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE REDUCTION AND EQUITY PROMOTION ACROSS MINNESOTA (C2DREAM) - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT – OVERALL A GROWING BODY OF RESEARCH DOCUMENTS THE PROFOUND CONTRIBUTION OF STRUCTURAL AND INTERPERSONAL RACISM TO DISPARITIES IN CHRONIC DISEASE INCLUDING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD) AND THE RELATED CHRONIC CONDITIONS (RCC) OF HYPERTENSION AND OBESITY. IN MINNESOTA, WHERE THE MURDER OF MR. GEORGE FLOYD AT THE HANDS OF POLICE INSTIGATED A LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL RECKONING ON THE PERVASIVENESS OF RACISM, THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND ULTIMATELY ADDRESS THE WAYS THAT RACISM UNDERMINES WELL-BEING OF BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) COMMUNITIES. THE MISSION OF OUR PROPOSED CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE REDUCTION AND EQUITY PROMOTION ACROSS MINNESOTA (C2DREAM) IS TO REDUCE DISPARITIES IN CVD AND RCC EXPERIENCED BY BIPOC COMMUNITIES INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES ACROSS MINNESOTA. OUR 3 PROPOSED INTERVENTION PROJECTS TARGET COMMUNITY AND PRIMARY CARE

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CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE REDUCTION AND EQUITY PROMOTION ACROSS MINNESOTA (C2DREAM) - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT – OVERALL A GROWING BODY OF RESEARCH DOCUMENTS THE PROFOUND CONTRIBUTION OF STRUCTURAL AND INTERPERSONAL RACISM TO DISPARITIES IN CHRONIC DISEASE INCLUDING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD) AND THE RELATED CHRONIC CONDITIONS (RCC) OF HYPERTENSION AND OBESITY. IN MINNESOTA, WHERE THE MURDER OF MR. GEORGE FLOYD AT THE HANDS OF POLICE INSTIGATED A LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL RECKONING ON THE PERVASIVENESS OF RACISM, THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND ULTIMATELY ADDRESS THE WAYS THAT RACISM UNDERMINES WELL-BEING OF BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) COMMUNITIES. THE MISSION OF OUR PROPOSED CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE REDUCTION AND EQUITY PROMOTION ACROSS MINNESOTA (C2DREAM) IS TO REDUCE DISPARITIES IN CVD AND RCC EXPERIENCED BY BIPOC COMMUNITIES INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES ACROSS MINNESOTA. OUR 3 PROPOSED INTERVENTION PROJECTS TARGET COMMUNITY AND PRIMARY CARE