Urban Spatial Accessibility of Primary Care and Hypertension Control and Awareness on Chicago's South Side: A Study From the COMPASS Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the relationship between hypertension and spatial accessibility of primary care can inform interventions to improve hypertension control and awareness, especially among disadvantaged populations. This study aims to investigate the association between spatial accessibility of primary care and hypertension control and awareness.

Methods

Participant data from the COMPASS (Chicago Multiethnic Prevention and Surveillance Study) between 2013 and 2019 were analyzed. All participants were geocoded. Locations of primary care providers in Chicago were obtained from MAPSCorps. A score was generated for spatial accessibility of primary care using an enhanced 2-step floating catchment area method. A higher score indicates greater accessibility. Measured hypertens

SUBMITTER: Luo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9489645 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature