Effectiveness of Community Health Workers in the Care of People with Hypertension

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• Journal Article:
  American Journal of Preventive Medicine
• Personal Author:
  Brownstein, Nell J. ; Chowdhury, Farah M. ; Norris, Susan L. ; Horsley, Tanya ; Jack, Leonard, ; Zhang, Xuanping ; Satterfield, Dawn
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease ; Prevention and Health Promotion ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Uncontrolled high blood pressure (BP), a key
  
  risk factor for heart disease, stroke, and renal
  
  disease, is a significant public health problem.
  
  Nearly one in three adult Americans are hypertensive (BP 140 mmHg [systolic] or 90 mmHg
  
  [diastolic]); another 59 million are prehypertensive
  
  (BP 120 to 139 mmHg [systolic] or 80 to 89 mmHg
  
  [diastolic]).3 Only about 30% of people who are diagnosed
  
  with hypertension have their BP under control.
  
  Even worse, of the estimated 20.8 million people
  
  in the United States with diabetes, just 12% have their BP under control (BP 130/80 mmHg).5,6
  
  
• Subjects:
  Blood Pressure Blood Pressure Monitoring Ambulatory Hypertension
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  p. 435-447
• Volume:
  32
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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