Perceived Social Standing, Medication Nonadherence, and Systolic Blood Pressure in the Rural South

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 156-163

  Cummings, Doyle M ^a   Wu, Jia Rong ^b   Cene, Crystal ^c   Halladay, Jacquie ^c   Donahue, Katrina E ^c   Hinderliter, Alan ^c   Miller, Cassandra ^d   Garcia, Beverly ^d   Penn, Dolly ^c   Tillman, Jim ^e   Dewalt, Darren ^f  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e USA   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Health services research; Hypertension; Medication adherence; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84950294169     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12138     Document Type: Article

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