Design and Rationale of the Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring Linked with Community Health Workers to Improve Blood Pressure (LINKED-BP) Program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disparities in hypertension outcomes persist among Black and Hispanic adults and persons living in poverty in the United States. The "LINKED-BP Program" is a multi-level intervention linking home blood pressure (BP) monitoring with a mobile health application, support from community health workers (CHWs), and BP measurement training at primary care practices to improve BP. This study is part of the American Heart Association RESTORE (AddREssing Social Determinants TO pRevent hypErtension) Network. This study aims to examine the effect of the LINKED-BP Program on BP reduction and to evaluate the reach, adoption, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness of the intervention.

Methods

Using a hybrid type I effectiveness-implementation design, 600 adults who have elevated

SUBMITTER: Commodore-Mensah Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10105861 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature