NCT03515005

Using Lay Health Advisors to Improve Hypertension Management

Using Lay Health Advisors to Help African Americans Address the Social Context of Hypertension Management

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 69 (actual)
• Sponsor: MetroHealth Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Hypertension disproportionately affects and is inadequately controlled among African American and poor populations. The investigators propose to determine the impact of using trained lay health advisors to help patients address social contextual factors that influence the management of hypertension.

Detailed description

Hypertension disproportionately affects and is inadequately controlled among African American and poor populations. Health providers generally lack the skills and resources to address social contextual factors (i.e. health and community services, social networks, social stressors, physical environment, and economic resources) that influence management of hypertension. Instead, providers tend to focus on adjusting antihypertensive medication prescriptions and exhorting patients to exercise and eat better. The investigators propose to determine the impact of using trained lay health advisors to help patients address social contextual factors that influence the management of hypertension. Helping patients address these barriers may lead not only to improved blood pressure but also to increased survival, reduced organ damage, and decreased health care costs. This project may also serve as a model of healthcare delivery innovation that could be used to address other health disparity conditions.

Conditions

• Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Lay Health Advisor	Patients will meet regularly Lay Health Advisors who will address the social context of their hypertension.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-03
• Primary completion: 2019-09-01
• Completion: 2019-09-01
• First posted: 2018-05-03
• Last updated: 2021-04-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States