A Faith-Based Intervention to Reduce Blood Pressure in Underserved Metropolitan New York Immigrant Communities

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Yi, Stella S. ; Wyatt, Laura C. ; Patel, Shilpa ; Choy, Catherine ; Dhar, Ritu ; Zanowiak, Jennifer M. ; Chuhan, Harmanpreet ; Taher, M.D. ; Garcia, Maryjoy ; Kavathe, Rucha ; Kim, Sara ; Kwon, Simona C. ; Islam, Nadia S.
• Description:
  Minority populations, including Asian Americans, face disparities in hypertension compared with non-Hispanic whites. This underscores the need for culturally adapted programs in settings that reach Asian American communities, such as faith-based organizations. We worked collaboratively with community partners to culturally adapt and implement an evidence-based community blood pressure monitoring program for Asian Americans (Asian Indians, Koreans, Filipinos, and Bangladeshis) in metropolitan New York during 2015 and 2016. The program included regularly scheduled volunteer-led screening and counseling events with congregants at faith-based organizations. Among participants with complete 6-month data (n = 348), health-related self-efficacy significantly improved after 6 months, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure was significantly reduced in some subgroups; reductions were highest in participants who self-reported a previous diagnosis of hypertension. Among Asian Americans, faith-based programs may be a replicable, low-cost, sustainable way to increase health-related self-efficacy and decrease blood pressure, specifically among individuals with self-reported hypertension.
• Subjects:
  Program Evaluation Brief
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 16
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  31400096
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6716416
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  16
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8849eb8e783121df6d37ef95b71d120ef264b982b3c196371cc43b244a917ac1713bc0447e73abb05b6cff295761dc584ee85e763b48a89f75d0c110751a7bcc
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