Articles: community-health-services.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The evaluation of a nurse-led hypertension management model in an urban community healthcare: A randomized controlled trial.
Hypertension is a silent disease of the masses with an increasing prevalence and poor control rates. This study aims to establish and test the efficacy of a nurse-led hypertension management model in the community. ⋯ The nurse-led hypertension management model is feasible and effective for patients with uncontrolled blood pressure in the community.
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Reaching the Hispanic Community About COVID-19 Through Existing Chronic Disease Prevention Programs.
Publicly available data on racial and ethnic disparities related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are now surfacing, and these data suggest that the novel virus has disproportionately sickened Hispanic communities in the United States. We discuss why Hispanic communities are highly vulnerable to COVID-19 and how adaptations were made to existing infrastructure for Penn State Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) and Better Together REACH (a community-academic coalition using grant funds from Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health) to address these needs. We also describe programming to support COVID-19 efforts for Hispanic communities by using chronic disease prevention programs and opportunities for replication across the country.