Effectiveness of a barber-based intervention for improving hypertension control in black men - The BARBER-1 study: A cluster randomized trial

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 342-350

  Victor, Ronald G ^a,e   Ravenell, Joseph E ^a,f   Freeman, Anne ^b   Leonard, David ^a   Bhat, Deepa G ^b   Shafiq, Moiz ^a,g   Knowles, Patricia ^a   Storm, Joy S ^a,h   Adhikari, Emily ^a   Bibbins Domingo, Kirsten ^c   Coxson, Pamela G ^c   Pletcher, Mark J ^c   Hannan, Peter ^d   Haley, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BARBERING; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TEXAS;

EID: 79952222749     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.390     Document Type: Article

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