A Community Health Worker–Led Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure Control in an Immigrant Community With Comorbid Diabetes: Data From Two Randomized, Controlled Trials Conducted in 2011–2019

Evidence-based strategies addressing comorbid hypertension and diabetes are needed among minority communities. We analyzed the outcome of blood pressure (BP) control using pooled data from two community health worker interventions in New York City conducted between 2011 and 2019, focusing on partici...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2021-06, Vol.111 (6), p.1040-1044
Main Authors: Beasley, Jeannette M, Shah, Megha, Wyatt, Laura C, Zanowiak, Jennifer, Trinh-Shevrin, Chau, Islam, Nadia S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian people
Binomial distribution
Blood pressure
Chronic illnesses
Community
Comorbidity
Confidence intervals
Correspondence
Demographics
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
Disease
Education
Health care
Hypertension
Immigrants
Intervention
Medical personnel
Medical records
Medical workers
Noncitizens
Patients
Preventive medicine
Public health
Sustainability
Workers
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Summary:Evidence-based strategies addressing comorbid hypertension and diabetes are needed among minority communities. We analyzed the outcome of blood pressure (BP) control using pooled data from two community health worker interventions in New York City conducted between 2011 and 2019, focusing on participants with comorbid hypertension and diabetes. The adjusted odds of controlled BP (
ISSN:0090-0036
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2021.306216)