SynthesisCurrent hypertension reports2016
A Systematic Review of Beliefs About Hypertension and its Treatment Among African Americans.
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- Adherence to pharmacological treatment in non-communicable chronic diseases in the Colombian population: Systematic review and meta-analysisBiomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2023Pooled it
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- Effect of a Multilevel Intervention on Racial Disparities in Medication Adherence: An Analysis of the Rich Life Project.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Participant and group facilitator perspectives on a novel culturally tailored diabetes self-management program for African Americans.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Clinicians' and Patients' Perspectives on Hypertension Care in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Population in Primary Care.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- A feasibility pilot trial of a peer-support educational behavioral intervention to improve diabetes medication adherence in African Americans.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2022Article
- Engaging Patient Advisory Boards of African American Community Members with Type 2 Diabetes in Implementing and Refining a Peer-Led Medication Adherence Intervention.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- Risk Factors for Non-Adherence to Medications That Affect Surgery: A Retrospective Study in Japan.Patient preference and adherence · 2022Article
- Medication Adherence: Expanding the Conceptual Framework.American journal of hypertension · 2021Article
- Poor Medication Adherence in African Americans Is a Matter of Trust.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2021Review
- Preliminary engagement of a patient advisory board of African American community members with type 2 diabetes in a peer-led medication adherence intervention.Research involvement and engagement · 2021Article
- Insulin Resistance, Serum Calcium and Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Study of a Multiracial Population, and a Similarity Assessment of Results from a Single-Race Population's Study.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2021Article
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- The associations among illness perceptions, resilient coping, and medication adherence in young adult hypertensive black women.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2019Article
- "I did not want to take that medicine": African-Americans' reasons for diabetes medication nonadherence and perceived solutions for enhancing adherence.Patient preference and adherence · 2018Article
- Disparities in hypertension and cardiovascular disease in blacks: The critical role of medication adherence.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2017Review
- The Effect of Contextualized Racial and Gendered Stressors, Social Support, and Depression on Hypertension Illness Perceptions and Hypertension Medication Adherence in Young African American Women With Hypertension.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingObservational
- The Relationship Among Health Beliefs, Depressive Symptoms, Medication Adherence, and Social Support in African Americans With Hypertension.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingArticle
- Co-created health education intervention among older African American women living with hypertension.Explore (New York, N.Y.)Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe prevalence of hypertension and uncontrolled hypertension is higher among African Americans than any other ethnicity in the USA. Certain patient medical beliefs may lead to adverse health behaviors. The aim of this study was to systematically review and narratively synthesize beliefs about hypertension among African Americans. RECENT
findingsIn a narrative review of 22 studies, many participants attributed hypertension to stress and fatty foods. Hypertension was perceived to be an episodic, symptomatic disease. Many patients exhibited a strong faith in the efficacy of medications, but used them as needed to treat perceived intermittent hypertensive episodes or infrequently to avoid addiction and dependence. Home remedies were often reported to be used concurrently to treat the folk disease "high blood" or in place of medications associated with unwanted effects. Nevertheless, participants were invested in treatment of hypertension to prevent long-term complications. Trends over time suggest that beliefs about hypertension among African Americans have change significantly and now reflect the currently accepted biomedical model. African American beliefs about hypertension may frequently differ from those of healthcare professionals. These results suggest that reconciliation of differences between patient and provider expectations for disease management may improve adherence to and acceptance of medical treatments among African Americans with hypertension. Nevertheless, discordant health beliefs are common among all patients and additional work to elucidate beliefs of other patient subgroups such as age and gender is warranted.
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