Culturally appropriate storytelling to improve blood pressure a randomized trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-84

  Houston, Thomas K ^a   Allison, Jeroan J ^a   Sussman, Marc ^b   Horn, Wendy ^b   Holt, Cheryl L ^c   Trobaugh, John ^a   Salas, Maribel ^b   Pisu, Maria ^b   Cuffee, Yendelela L ^a   Larkin, Damien ^b   Person, Sharina D ^b   Barton, Bruce ^a   Kiefe, Catarina I ^a   Hullett, Sandral ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Maryland ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STORYTELLING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; VIDEO DISK;

EID: 79551636313     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-2-201101180-00004     Document Type: Article

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