Medication adherence among rural, low-income hypertensive adults: A randomized trial of a multimedia community-based intervention

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 372-378

  Martin, Michelle Y ^a   Kim, Young Il ^a   Kratt, Polly ^a   Litaker, Mark S ^b   Kohler, Connie L ^b   Schoenberger, Yu Mei ^b   Clarke, Stephen J ^a   Prayor Patterson, Heather ^a   Tseng, Tung Sung ^c   Pisu, Maria ^a   Williams, O Dale ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral Interventions; Community Health Advisors; Hypertension; Low income Populations; Prevention Research; Rural Health

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALABAMA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMEDIA; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 80052329102     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.090123-QUAN-26     Document Type: Article

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