title: Hypertension management: lifestyle interventions in a transcultural context.
abstract: Hypertension is a risk factor for cardiovascular and kidney diseases. According to estimation, the prevalence of hypertension will increase unless extensive and effective preventive measures are implemented. The diversity of languages and cultures of the hypertensive patients requiring adequate blood pressure control make communications difficult in many instances. Nursing intervention for patients to adopt a healthy lifestyle requires effective communication. But the communication problems encountered in a culturally diverse context can result in undesirable outcomes for the patients and the health-care team. This paper describes the production of a document to assist staff address the difficulty in intercultural communication, which could be used anywhere in the world. This document can facilitate nursing intervention to achieve optimal hypertension management in a transcultural context, responding to the challenge regarding preventive measures to halt increase in hypertension prevalence.
authors.affiliation: Unitat d'Hipertension i Risc Vascular, Servei de Nefrologia, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain. tmho@imas.imim.es
authors.forename: Tai Mooi
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D054521:Cultural Competency; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008019:Life Style / Q000208:ethnology*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012945:Social Values; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration