Mobile Health Management of Hypertension

The intervention uses a mHealth virtual tool that facilitates human-device interaction and is delivered by smartphone application. The program has coaching and education components that lead to chronic disease behavior change. It has been previously validated to improve self-management, medication adherence, and quality of life in individuals with CVD. The participant engages by selecting responses on the touch screen. In this manner, participants converse with the coach, develop a therapeutic alliance, and record responses. The investigators will institute behavior change methodology to enhance intervention efficacy.

Smart phone without health coach. A basic health application is installed on the smart phone provided to the participant.