Motivational interventions in community hypertension screening
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11030859 |
|---|---|
| Authors | S M Stahl, T Lawrie, Theresa Anne Lawrie (0000-0002-5500-8590), P J Neill, P Neill, Craig Kelley (0000-0001-7978-5688) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 345-352 |
| Publication date | 1977-04-01 |
| 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.67.4.345 |
| PMID | 848618 |
| OpenAlex | W2042532583 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 22 |
To evaluate different techniques intended to motivate community residents to have their blood pressures taken, five inner-city target areas with comparable, predominantly Black, populations were selected. A sample of about 200 households in each of four areas were subjected to different motivational interventions; in one of these four areas, households were approached in a series of four sequential steps. The fifth target area served as a control. Findings establish that home visits by community members trained to take blood pressure measurements (BPMs) in the home produces much larger yields of new (previously unknown) hypertensives than more passive techniques such as invitational letters and gift offers. Prior informational letters, including letters specifying time of visit, do not affect refusals or increase the yield. More "passive" motivational techniques yield a higher proportion of previously known hypertensives than the more "active" outreach efforts
Affect (linguistics) · Economic growth · Family medicine · Outreach · Psychological intervention · Sample (material) · Sociology · Yield (engineering) · Demography · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 1984 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |