NIH R01 · 2025
Barber and Pharmacist Coordination to Improve Blood Pressure Management
Hypertension (HTN) is a major risk factor for multiple morbid conditions. During the first grant period, our team successfully conducted a cluster-randomized trial of a community-centered blood pressure (BP) reduction program of 319 non-Hispanic (NH) Black men within 52 Black-owned barbershops in Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Barbershop BP Study [LABBPS] R01HL117983). The intervention was highly effective conferring marked reductions in systolic BP of 21.6 mmHg in 6-months that were sustained at 1 year; however, critical data on longer term BP control are needed to justify the costs of scaling this successful intervention. Additionally, while highly effective, the current LABBPS model, which…
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