Overcoming barriers to hypertension control in African Americans.
Barriers to blood pressure control exist at the patient, physician, and system levels. We review the current evidence for interventions that target patient- and physician-related barriers, such as patient education, home blood pressure monitoring, and computerized decision-support systems for physicians, and we emphasize the need for more studies that address the effectiveness of these interventions in African American patients.
Bellevue Adult Primary Care Practice, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA.
Taiye
T
Odedosu
Antoinette
A
Schoenthaler
Dorice L
DL
Vieira
Charles
C
Agyemang
Gbenga
G
Ogedegbe
D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000295:instrumentation; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008019:Life Style; D055118:Medication Adherence; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents