Community coverage in a rural, church-based, hypertension screening program in Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11028952 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Strogatz (0000-0002-5805-6280, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), D S Strogatz, A James (0000-0001-6287-8247, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), S A James, D Elliott, D A Elliott (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), D Ramsey, Diane L Ramsey, L M Cutchin, M A Ibrahim, Michel Ibrahim (0000-0001-9624-0698) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 401-402 |
| Publication date | 1985-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.75.4.401 |
| PMID | 3976968 |
| OpenAlex | W2034934430 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
In a rural, church-based hypertension program in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, screening of the congregations was complemented by a community outreach component targeted at 18-60 year old males, a group at higher risk for untreated hypertension. Compared with its estimated frequency in the community, untreated hypertension was as common in the church congregations and somewhat less prevalent than expected among outreach screenees
Environmental health · Family medicine · Outreach · Political science · Rural community · Sociology · South carolina · Demography · Health and Wellbeing Research · Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention · Law · Medicine · Public Administration · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Gerontology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 1994 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |