Improving urban African Americans' blood pressure control through multi-level interventions in the Achieving Blood Pressure Control Together (ACT) study: A randomized clinical trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 370-382

  Ephraim, Patti L ^a,b   Hill Briggs, Felicia ^a,b,c,d   Roter, Debra L ^b   Bone, Lee R ^b   Wolff, Jennifer L ^b   Lewis Boyer, LaPricia ^a,c   Levine, David M ^c   Aboumatar, Hanan J ^c,e   Cooper, Lisa A ^a,b,c   Fitzpatrick, Stephanie J ^g   Gudzune, Kimberly A ^c   Albert, Michael C ^c,f   Monroe, Dwyan ^f,h   Simmons, Michelle ^f   Hickman, Debra ^f,i   Purnell, Leon ^f,j   Fisher, Annette ^f,k   Matens, Richard ^l   Noronha, Gary J ^m   Fagan, Peter J ^c   Ramamurthi, Hema C ^a,c   Ameling, Jessica M ^a,c   Charlston, Jeanne ^a,c   Sam, Tanyka S ⁿ   Carson, Kathryn A ^a,b,c   Wang, Nae Yuh ^a,b,c   Crews, Deidra C ^a,o   Greer, Raquel C ^a,c   Sneed, Valerie ^a,c   Flynn, Sarah J ^p   DePasquale, Nicole ^a,c   Boulware, L Ebony ^a,b,c,d,q   more..

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

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

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

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Public Health Institute   (United States)

ⁱ Sisters Together And Reaching Inc   (United States)

^j Baltimore City Health Department   (United States)

^k AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^l Union County Human Services   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

ⁿ BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^o DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^q DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Community health worker; Hypertension; Self management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REWARD; SELF CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN AREA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84903846144     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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