A community health worker intervention to improve blood pressure among Filipino Americans with hypertension: A randomized controlled trial

A community health worker intervention to improve blood pressure among Filipino Americans with hypertension: A randomized controlled trial

Behavioral interventions utilizing community health workers (CHWs) have demonstrated effectiveness in improving hypertension disparities in ethnic minority populations in the United States, but few have focused on Asian Americans. We assessed the efficacy of a CHW intervention to improve hypertensio...

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Main Authors: Rhodora A. Ursua, David E. Aguilar, Laura C. Wyatt, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, Leonida Gamboa, Pacita Valdellon, Esperanza G. Perrella, Mohammad Z. Dimaporo, Potrirankamanis Q. Nur, S. Darius Tandon, Nadia S. Islam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:Preventive Medicine Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335518300858

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