ArticleJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2013
Social networks help control hypertension.
Article in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04451876 (Social Media Use ,Online Health Information Seeking and Knowledge on Hypertension Among Undergraduate Students of Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Social Media Use ,Online Health Information Seeking and Knowledge on Hypertension Among Undergraduate Students of Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Social Network Theory in Behavior Change Interventions with Black Women to Reduce Inequities in Cardiovascular Health: A Scoping Review of Application and Measurement.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Review
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- Blood Pressure Control and Associations with Social Support among Hypertensive Outpatients in a Developing Country.BioMed research international · 2021Article
- African American women's perceptions of the meaning of support groups for improving adherence to hypertension treatment: a conceptual model.Nursing open · 2019Article
- Power of Peer Support to Change Health Behavior to Reduce Risks for Heart Disease and Stroke for African American Men in a Faith-Based Community.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2018Article
- Psychosocial correlates of apparent treatment-resistant hypertension in the Jackson Heart Study.Journal of human hypertension · 2017Article
- The Inaugural Elijah B. Saunders Memorial Lecture: The Global Consequences of Hypertension and Related Disparities.Ethnicity & disease · 2016Article
- "I have to live like I'm old." Young adults' perspectives on managing hypertension: a multi-center qualitative study.BMC family practice · 2016Article
- Reducing racial and ethnic disparities in hypertension prevention and control: what will it take to translate research into practice and policy?American journal of hypertension · 2015Article
- The evolving clinical management of hypertension.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2014Article
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Abstract
Cardiovascular health disparities continue to pose a major public health problem. The authors evaluated the effect of education administered within social networks on the improvement of hypertension in 248 African Americans compared with historical controls. Patients formed clusters with peers and attended monthly hypertension education sessions. The authors assessed the likelihood of reaching goal below predefined systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) thresholds as well as the absolute reduction in SBP and DBP, controlling for diabetes, smoking, baseline hypertension, and demographics. The intervention group was more likely to have ever reached treatment goal at 12-month follow-up (odds ratio, 1.72; P=.11). At 18-month follow-up, the Maryland Cardiovascular Disease Promotion Program group had a statistically significant larger drop in SBP (-4.82 mm Hg, P<.0001) and DBP (-3.37 mm Hg, P=.01) than the control group. The clustering of patients in social networks around hypertension education has a positive impact on the management of hypertension in minority populations and may help address cardiovascular health disparities.
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