159
Participants
Start Date
September 30, 2013
Primary Completion Date
August 31, 2015
Study Completion Date
August 31, 2015
Community Health Worker (CHW) Intervention
Receipt of training in use of home blood pressure machine, education about diet, exercise and physical activities to lower blood pressure, and continued support from a trained community health worker.
Communication Skills Training
"Receipt of Do My PART (P-Prepare for Visit, A- Act at visit, R-Review doctor's recommendations, T-Take home recommendations)communication skills training."
Problem Solving Skills Training
Receipt of a 9-week group based self-management intervention designed to help patients identify and solve self-identified barriers to hypertension control.
Johns Hopkins East Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
NIH
Johns Hopkins University
OTHER