A randomized community intervention to improve hypertension control among mexican americans: using the promotoras de salud community outreach model

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1079-1094

  Balcazar, Hector G ^a   Byrd, Theresa L ^a   Ortiz, Melchor ^b   Tondapu, Sumanth R ^b   Chavez, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b Department of Biostatistics ^*

Author keywords

Community health worker; Community outreach; Heart healthy behaviors; Hypertension control; Mexican Americans; Perceived benefits; Promotores de salud; Randomized community intervention; U.S. Mexico border

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 74349115726     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0209     Document Type: Article

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