A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Blood-Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops

In this trial involving black male barbershop patrons with uncontrolled hypertension, health promotion by barbers resulted in larger blood-pressure reduction when coupled with medication management in barbershops by specialty-trained pharmacists.

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 378; no. 14; pp. 1291 - 1301
Main Authors Victor, Ronald G, Lynch, Kathleen, Li, Ning, Blyler, Ciantel, Muhammad, Eric, Handler, Joel, Brettler, Jeffrey, Rashid, Mohamad, Hsu, Brent, Foxx-Drew, Davontae, Moy, Norma, Reid, Anthony E, Elashoff, Robert M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 05.04.2018
Subjects
African Americans
Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use
Barbering
Blood pressure
Blood Pressure - drug effects
Chemotherapy
Cluster analysis
Cohort Studies
Collaboration
Drug therapy
Drug Therapy, Combination
Evidence-based medicine
Health promotion
Health Promotion - methods
Health Promotion - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - drug therapy
Hypertension - ethnology
Hypertension - therapy
Intervention
Life Style
Male
Men
Middle Aged
Pharmacists
Self Report
Socioeconomic Factors
Los Angeles California
United States > US
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Summary:In this trial involving black male barbershop patrons with uncontrolled hypertension, health promotion by barbers resulted in larger blood-pressure reduction when coupled with medication management in barbershops by specialty-trained pharmacists.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa1717250