RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Overcoming barriers to hypertension control in African Americans
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 46
OP 56
DO 10.3949/ccjm.79a.11068
VO 79
IS 1
A1 Taiye Odedosu
A1 Antoinette Schoenthaler
A1 Dorice L. Vieira
A1 Charles Agyemang
A1 Gbenga Ogedegbe
YR 2012
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/1/46.abstract
AB 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.