A community health worker intervention to improve management of hypertension among Filipino Americans in New York and New Jersey: A pilot study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-76

  Ursua, Rhodora A ^a   Aguilar, David E ^a   Wyatt, Laura C ^a   Katigbak, Carina ^b   Islam, Nadia S ^a   Tandon, S Darius ^d   Nur, Potri Ranka Manis Queano ^c   Van Devanter, Nancy ^b   Rey, Mariano J ^a   Trinh Shevrin, Chau ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Nursing   (United States)

^c Kalusugan Coalition Inc   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Blood Pressure; Community Health Workers; Filipino; Hypertension; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FILIPINO; FILIPINO AMERICAN; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; WORKSHOP;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHILIPPINES; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893464205     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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