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Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches for Hypertension Control and Prevention in Churches
Hypertension (HTN) is a highly prevalent risk factor for cardiovascular (CV), cerebrovascular, and renal diseases and disproportionately affects African Americans (AAs). It has been shown that promoting the adoption of healthy lifestyles, ones that involve best practices of diet and exercise and abu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3124303/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21747975 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/273120 |
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author | Dodani, Sunita |
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description | Hypertension (HTN) is a highly prevalent risk factor for cardiovascular (CV), cerebrovascular, and renal diseases and disproportionately affects African Americans (AAs). It has been shown that promoting the adoption of healthy lifestyles, ones that involve best practices of diet and exercise and abundant expert support, can, in a healthcare setting, reduce the incidence of hypertension in those who are at high risk. In this paper, we will examine whether similar programs are effective in the AA church-community-based participatory research settings, outside of the healthcare arena. If successful, these church-based approaches may be applied successfully to reduce the incidence and consequences of hypertension in large communities with potentially huge impact on public health. |
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spelling | pubmed-31243032011-07-11 Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches for Hypertension Control and Prevention in Churches Dodani, Sunita Int J Hypertens Review Article Hypertension (HTN) is a highly prevalent risk factor for cardiovascular (CV), cerebrovascular, and renal diseases and disproportionately affects African Americans (AAs). It has been shown that promoting the adoption of healthy lifestyles, ones that involve best practices of diet and exercise and abundant expert support, can, in a healthcare setting, reduce the incidence of hypertension in those who are at high risk. In this paper, we will examine whether similar programs are effective in the AA church-community-based participatory research settings, outside of the healthcare arena. If successful, these church-based approaches may be applied successfully to reduce the incidence and consequences of hypertension in large communities with potentially huge impact on public health. SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3124303/ /pubmed/21747975 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/273120 Text en Copyright © 2011 Sunita Dodani. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Dodani, Sunita Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches for Hypertension Control and Prevention in Churches |
title | Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches for Hypertension Control and Prevention in Churches |
title_full | Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches for Hypertension Control and Prevention in Churches |
title_fullStr | Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches for Hypertension Control and Prevention in Churches |
title_full_unstemmed | Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches for Hypertension Control and Prevention in Churches |
title_short | Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches for Hypertension Control and Prevention in Churches |
title_sort | community-based participatory research approaches for hypertension control and prevention in churches |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3124303/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21747975 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/273120 |
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