Barber-Based Intervention for Hypertension in Black Men

基于理发师的黑人高血压干预措施

• 批准号: 7151340
• 负责人: Ronald G Victor
• 金额: $ 71.07万
• 依托单位: UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-12 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7151340
• 关键词: African American; behavioral /social science research tag; behavioral medicine; blood pressure; cardiovascular disorder diagnosis; cardiovascular disorder risk; clinical research; community; education evaluation /planning; health behavior; health care referral /consultation; health care service utilization; health education; health surveys; human subject; human therapy evaluation; hypertension; interview; male; mathematical model; occupations; peer group; perception; social psychology; social support network

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Non-Hispanic Black men suffer and die disproportionately from undetected, untreated, and uncontrolled hypertension: a chronic asymptomatic medical condition that requires frequent surveillance, prescription medication, and continuity of care by a regular medical provider. To improve hypertension detection, treatment, and control in Black men, we propose a randomized controlled trial to evaluate a well-informed and feasible behavior theory-based intervention conducted by barbers, influential peers who will continually monitor their customers' blood pressure (BP), deliver health messages designed to change risk perception and social norms about healthcare utilization, and provide social support for desired changes in healthcare- seeking behavior and BP. Our major hypothesis is that a continuous high BP detection and medical referral program conducted by influential peers in a receptive community setting (barbershops) will change social norms about healthcare utilization, promote treatment-seeking behavior, and thus lower BP among the regular customers with high BP. The specific behavioral objectives are to: 1) Increase the measurement of BP during haircuts and the recognition of elevated readings; 2) Increase new referrals to regular medical providers for untreated hypertension, and 3) Increase follow-up medical appointments for under-treated hypertension. To accomplish these objectives, Social Cognitive Theory/Community PROMISE (Peers Reaching Out and Modeling Intervention Strategies) will drive the intervention in which nurses will train and supervise barbers to measure BP and deliver health messages to barbershop customers at each haircut visit. To test our hypothesis, a cohort of 24 previously unstudied barbershops will go through a group- randomization protocol. Four new shops will be enrolled every two months. Serial cross-sectional BP surveys (each lasting 8 weeks) will be conducted by trained interviewers to obtain accurate snap-shots of hypertension control in each of the 24 barbershops before and after a 10-month intervention period consisting of either barber-based intervention or no active intervention. The multilevel analysis plan utilizes hierarchical modeling to address clustering of observations within barbershops and other important covariates. A detailed dissemination plan is proposed as the potential for dissemination is high; there are over 18,000 Black barbershops in major urban centers across the United States.

描述（由申请人提供）：非西班牙裔黑人男性因未被发现、未被治疗和不受控制的高血压而遭受和死亡的比例过高：这是一种慢性无症状的疾病，需要经常监测、处方药物和定期医疗提供者的持续护理。为了改善黑人男性的高血压检测、治疗和控制，我们提出了一项随机对照试验，以评估由理发师、有影响力的同行进行的基于知情且可行的基于行为理论的干预措施，他们将持续监测顾客的血压 (BP) ，传递旨在改变有关医疗保健利用的风险认知和社会规范的健康信息，并为寻求医疗保健行为和血压的所需改变提供社会支持。我们的主要假设是，由有影响力的同行在接受性社区环境（理发店）中进行的持续高血压检测和医疗转诊计划将改变有关医疗保健利用的社会规范，促进寻求治疗的行为，从而降低高血压常客的血压。血压。具体的行为目标是： 1) 增加理发期间血压的测量以及对升高读数的识别； 2) 增加对未经治疗的高血压向正规医疗机构的新转诊，以及 3) 增加对治疗不足的高血压的后续医疗预约。为了实现这些目标，社会认知理论/社区承诺（同行伸出援手和建模干预策略）将推动干预措施，护士将培训和监督理发师测量血压，并在每次理发时向理发店顾客传递健康信息。为了检验我们的假设，24 家以前未研究过的理发店将接受分组随机化方案。每两个月将招募四家新商店。系列横断面血压调查（每次持续 8 周）将由训练有素的访谈员进行，以获得 24 家理发店在为期 10 个月的干预期之前和之后准确的高血压控制情况，干预期包括基于理发师的干预或没有积极干预。多级分析计划利用分层建模来解决理发店和其他重要协变量内观察结果的聚类问题。由于传播潜力很大，提出了详细的传播计划；美国主要城市中心有超过 18,000 家黑人理发店。