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

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ID11033507
AuthorsJeannette M Beasley (0000-0002-9343-6895, Jeannette M. Beasley is with the Department of Medicine and Laura C. Wyatt, Jennifer Zanowiak, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, and Nadia S. Islam are with the Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York. Megha Shah is with the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.), Megha Shah (0000-0002-6722-7846, Jeannette M. Beasley is with the Department of Medicine and Laura C. Wyatt, Jennifer Zanowiak, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, and Nadia S. Islam are with the Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York. Megha Shah is with the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.), Laura C Wyatt (0000-0002-4808-1167, Jeannette M. Beasley is with the Department of Medicine and Laura C. Wyatt, Jennifer Zanowiak, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, and Nadia S. Islam are with the Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York. Megha Shah is with the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.), Jennifer Zanowiak (0009-0003-6516-8031, Jeannette M. Beasley is with the Department of Medicine and Laura C. Wyatt, Jennifer Zanowiak, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, and Nadia S. Islam are with the Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York. Megha Shah is with the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.), Chau Trinh-Shevrin (Jeannette M. Beasley is with the Department of Medicine and Laura C. Wyatt, Jennifer Zanowiak, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, and Nadia S. Islam are with the Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York. Megha Shah is with the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.), Chau Trinh‐Shevrin (0000-0001-9635-0512, St. John's University), Nadia Islam (0000-0003-1470-2073, Jeannette M. Beasley is with the Department of Medicine and Laura C. Wyatt, Jennifer Zanowiak, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, and Nadia S. Islam are with the Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York. Megha Shah is with the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.)
Year2021
Volume111
Issue6
Pages1040-1044
Publication date2021-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2021.306216
PMID33950735
OpenAlexW3159554440
LanguageEN
References cited9

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 (

Blood pressure · Community health · Comorbidity · Confidence interval · Diabetes mellitus · Logistic regression · Odds · Odds ratio · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Randomized controlled trial · Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies · Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors · Endocrinology · Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Nursing · Gerontology

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