NCT05416372

Engaging Religious Leaders to Reduce Blood Pressures in Tanzanian Communities

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 24,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators hypothesize that communities in which religious leaders are provided with education about blood pressure and how to measure blood pressure will have lower overall average blood pressures than communities in which religious leaders do not receive education about blood pressure.

Detailed description

This research is being done to determine whether the Religious Engagement in Health Intervention can reduce community blood pressure. The study is being conducted in the Northwestern Tanzania. 20 communities will be involved: 10 will be randomized to the Religious Engagement in Health Intervention arm, and 10 will be randomized to the control arm. The Religious Engagement in Health Intervention includes the following three evidence-based components: (1) educational sessions for Christian and Muslim leaders on religious teachings and medical aspects of blood pressure, (2) equipping religious leaders to provide blood pressure teaching in their communities using knowledge learned from educational sessions and through longitudinal mentorship meetings, and (3) community blood pressure screening organized by religious leaders in partnership with local health care workers, and referrals for clinical care as needed.

Conditions

• Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Religious Engagement in Health Intervention	Religious Engagement in Health Intervention for blood pressure (BP) includes three evidence-based components: (1) educational sessions for Christian and Muslim leaders on religious teachings and medical aspects of BP, (2) equipping religious leaders to provide BP teaching in their communities using knowledge learned from educational sessions and through longitudinal mentorship meetings, and (3) community BP screening organized by religious leaders in partnership with local health care workers, and referrals for clinical care as needed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-06-22
• Primary completion: 2025-07-18
• Completion: 2027-12-01
• First posted: 2022-06-13
• Last updated: 2025-10-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Tanzania