A multi-level system quality improvement intervention to reduce racial disparities in hypertension care and control: Study protocol

Implementation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cooper, Lisa A ^a   Marsteller, Jill A ^b   Noronha, Gary J ^c   Flynn, Sarah J ^a   Carson, Kathryn A ^b   Boonyasai, Romsai T ^a   Anderson, Cheryl A ^d   Aboumatar, Hanan J ^a   Roter, Debra L ^b   Dietz, Katherine B ^a   Miller, Edgar R ^a   Prokopowicz, Gregory P ^a   Dalcin, Arlene T ^a   Charleston, Jeanne B ^a   Simmons, Michelle ^e   Huizinga, Mary Margaret ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based participatory research; Health disparities; Hypertension; Organizational culture; Pragmatic trial; Quality improvement; Study design

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; PROCEDURES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84878413522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-60     Document Type: Article

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