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标题：A Faith-Based Intervention to Reduce Blood Pressure in Underserved Metropolitan New York Immigrant Communities
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作者：Stella S. Yi ; Laura C. Wyatt ; Shilpa Patel 等
期刊名称：Preventing Chronic Disease
印刷版ISSN：1545-1151
出版年度：2019
卷号：16
页码：1
DOI：10.5888/pcd16.180618
出版社：Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
摘要：Minority populations, including Asian Americans, face disparities in hypertension compared with non-Hispanic whites. This underscores the need for culturally adapted programs in settings that reach Asian American communities, such as faith-based organizations. We worked collaboratively with community partners to culturally adapt and implement an evidence-based community blood pressure monitoring program for Asian Americans (Asian Indians, Koreans, Filipinos, and Bangladeshis) in metropolitan New York during 2015 and 2016. The program included regularly scheduled volunteer-led screening and counseling events with congregants at faith-based organizations. Among participants with complete 6-month data (n = 348), health-related self-efficacy significantly improved after 6 months, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure was significantly reduced in some subgroups; reductions were highest in participants who self-reported a previous diagnosis of hypertension. Among Asian Americans, faith-based programs may be a replicable, low-cost, sustainable way to increase health-related self-efficacy and decrease blood pressure, specifically among individuals with self-reported hypertension.