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Lead
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
With
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
The objective of this study is to better understand strategies used by African Americans with hypertension in order to control their blood pressure. Through the use of qualitative interviews, the beliefs and attitudes toward complementary medicine of African Americans with hypertension will be elucidated.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Patients will be African-American adults 18 years or older who were diagnosed with poorly controlled hypertension as defined by the 6th Joint National Committee guidelines (systolic \>140 and diastolic \>90).
3. Patients must be able to provide informed consent in English. Participants will be recruited from Cornell Internal Medicine Associates, the primary care and general medicine practice at Cornell Medical Center, the same site as the parent grant.
You may not be if
1. Patients who refused to participate.
2. Patients who are unable to provide informed consent.
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