Why the study?
Does health promotion by barbers coupled with medication management by pharmacists improve blood-pressure reduction in black male barbershop patrons with uncontrolled hypertension?
Does health promotion by barbers coupled with medication management by pharmacists improve blood-pressure reduction in black male barbershop patrons with uncontrolled hypertension?
Pharmacist-led medication management in barbershops significantly improves blood pressure control among black male patrons with uncontrolled hypertension.
Supports pharmacist integration into barbershops for BP control in black men with uncontrolled hypertension; extends community-based care models beyond clinics.
Among black male barbershop patrons with uncontrolled hypertension, health promotion by barbers resulted in larger blood-pressure reduction when coupled with medication management in barbershops by specialty-trained pharmacists. (Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02321618 .).
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