Sustainability of Blood Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops

We developed a new model of hypertension care for non-Hispanic black men that links health promotion by barbers to medication management by American Society of Hypertension-certified pharmacists and demonstrated efficacy in a 6-month cluster-randomized trial. The marked reduction in systolic blood p...

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Published in:	Circulation (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 139; no. 1; p. 10
Main Authors:	Victor, Ronald G, Blyler, Ciantel A, Li, Ning, Lynch, Kathleen, Moy, Norma B, Rashid, Mohamad, Chang, L Cindy, Handler, Joel, Brettler, Jeffrey, Rader, Florian, Elashoff, Robert M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 02.01.2019
Subjects:	Adult Aged Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use Barbering Black or African American - psychology Blood Pressure - drug effects Community Pharmacy Services - organization & administration Cultural Characteristics Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice - ethnology Health Promotion - organization & administration Humans Hypertension - drug therapy Hypertension - ethnology Hypertension - physiopathology Hypertension - psychology Los Angeles Male Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care - ethnology Pharmacists - organization & administration Professional Role Time Factors Treatment Outcome Los Angeles hypertension ethnic groups continental population groups
ISSN:	1524-4539, 1524-4539
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