Community coverage in a rural, church-based, hypertension screening program in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. | Zendy

David Strogatz | Zendy; Sherman A. James | Zendy; D.A. Elliott | Zendy; Diane L. Ramsey | Zendy; L M Cutchin | Zendy; Michel Ibrahim | Zendy

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Community coverage in a rural, church-based, hypertension screening program in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.

Author(s) -

David Strogatz,

Sherman A. James,

D.A. Elliott,

Diane L. Ramsey,

L M Cutchin,

Michel Ibrahim

Publication year - 1985

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.75.4.401

Subject(s) - outreach , rural community , medicine , south carolina , family medicine , gerontology , demography , environmental health , political science , sociology , public administration , law

In a rural, church-based hypertension program in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, screening of the congregations was complemented by a community outreach component targeted at 18-60 year old males, a group at higher risk for untreated hypertension. Compared with its estimated frequency in the community, untreated hypertension was as common in the church congregations and somewhat less prevalent than expected among outreach screenees.

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