Recruitment and retention of primary care practices in the Southeastern Collaboration to Improve Blood Pressure Control.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Racial disparities related to hypertension prevalence and control persist, with Black persons continuing to have both high prevalence and suboptimal control. The Black Belt region of the US Southeast is characterized by multiple critical priority populations: rural, low-income, and minority (Black).

Methods

In a cluster-randomized, controlled, pragmatic implementation trial, the Southeastern Collaboration to Improve Blood Pressure Control evaluated two multi-component, multi-level functional interventions - peer coaching (PC) and practice facilitation (PF) (separately and combined) - as adjuncts to usual care to improve blood pressure control in the Black Belt. The overall goal was to randomize 80 primary care practices (later reduced to 69 practices) in Alabama a

SUBMITTER: Shikany JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9883192 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature