Browsing by Subject "Hypertension"
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Addressing Childhood Obesity in Rural Primary Care Clinics
(2020)Childhood obesity is a significant problem, not only in the United States, but around the world. Childhood obesity causes a significant financial burden on the health system in the United States. Preventative interventions ... -
Assessing Health Literacy in Patients with Hypertension
(2018)Background: Hypertension is the number one cardiac condition affecting approximately one in three American adults. Lifestyle modifications are the foundation to controlling blood pressure. However, barriers such as health ... -
Community Worker Guided Home-based Monitoring Program for Hypertension Control
(2012)Purpose: The purpose of this project was to impact hypertension control of the population utilizing services at a non-profit agency. A Doctor of Nursing Practice Clinical Nurse Specialist completed development and ... -
Development and Implementation of a Hypertension Management Tool for a Safety Net Clinic
(2015)In the United States, hypertension has far reaching effects on mortality, healthcare outcomes, and economics; contributing to at least 1,000 deaths per day and accounting for $47.5 billion in healthcare costs each year ... -
Evaluation of Screening for Early Identification of Hypertension in Young Adults 19 Years and Older
(2018)Problem: The need to screen for hypertension among young adults 19 years and older is underutilized, because hypertension remains under-recognized as a disease risk-factor in the young adult population, perceiving themselves ... -
Identifying Barriers to Accessing Care for Hypertension in the African American Population
(2013)Hypertension is believed to be the most significant and modifiable risk factor for heart disease, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, and end-stage renal disease. Hypertension management is of particular concern in the ... -
Implementation of an Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening Tool with Hypertensive Patients in the Primary Care Clinic
(2018)Background and Purpose: Patients with severe OSA have an almost 4-fold higher odds of resistant hypertension than those with less severe OSA. OSA screening practices in primary care are deficient. Additional study is ...