Saves the questions and what to expect into your notes, next to the visit they belong to.
Keep this study
Lead
University of California, Los Angeles
With
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
We will be including adults who are 18 years and older who have attended a health fair or screening event at one of QueensCare Health and Faith Partnership parish nurse sponsored church events in Los Angeles.
Patients must be either English or Spanish speaking.
Patients will be enrolled by blood pressure readings at the screening event. We will be using the JNC 71 criteria for diagnosing hypertension.
Patients with blood pressures above 140/90 will be defined as hypertensive.
Diagnosed and previously undiagnosed hypertensive patients will be included in the study.
The patient must also be able to come to the follow-up appointment in 4 months.
You may not be if
Pregnant women will not be included in the study.
Patients who do not speak English or Spanish will be excluded from the study since we do not have the capacity to translate all our materials into multiple languages.
Those deemed by the research assistant to be incapable to give informed consent (due to intoxication, dementia, or other causes) will also be excluded from the study.
Patients younger than 18 years old will be excluded from the study.
Patients who have seen a parish nurse in her office hours in the past 6 months will be excluded from the study. We do not want patients who have an already established relationship with a parish nurse to be enrolled in the study with the chance of being randomized to the physician-only arm, which would interrupt the continuity of care the patient is receiving from the parish nurse.
