Blood Pressure Lowering Strategies to Eliminate Hypertension Disparities (BLESSED)

Description

The burden of hypertension and related cardiovascular diseases, stroke, and end-stage kidney disease is disproportionately high in Black populations, especially in the South. The Blood Pressure Lowering Strategies to Eliminate Hypertension Disparities (BLESSED) cluster randomized trial aims to test the effectiveness, implementation, and sustainability of a community health worker (CHW)-led multifaceted intervention compared to enhanced usual care for hypertension control in Black communities. In the BLESSED trial, the investigators plan to recruit 1,176 adults with hypertension (approximately 28 per church) from 42 predominantly Black churches in the Greater New Orleans area. The multifaceted intervention will last for 18 months, followed by a post-intervention follow-up visit at 24 months. The BLESSED trial aims to generate evidence regarding the effectiveness, implementation, and sustainability of this CHW-led church-based multifaceted intervention in eliminating hypertension disparities in the United States (US) general population.

Conditions

Hypertension

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Study overview

The burden of hypertension and related cardiovascular diseases, stroke, and end-stage kidney disease is disproportionately high in Black populations, especially in the South. The Blood Pressure Lowering Strategies to Eliminate Hypertension Disparities (BLESSED) cluster randomized trial aims to test the effectiveness, implementation, and sustainability of a community health worker (CHW)-led multifaceted intervention compared to enhanced usual care for hypertension control in Black communities. In the BLESSED trial, the investigators plan to recruit 1,176 adults with hypertension (approximately 28 per church) from 42 predominantly Black churches in the Greater New Orleans area. The multifaceted intervention will last for 18 months, followed by a post-intervention follow-up visit at 24 months. The BLESSED trial aims to generate evidence regarding the effectiveness, implementation, and sustainability of this CHW-led church-based multifaceted intervention in eliminating hypertension disparities in the United States (US) general population.

Blood Pressure Lowering Strategies to Eliminate Hypertension Disparities

Blood Pressure Lowering Strategies to Eliminate Hypertension Disparities (BLESSED)

Condition
Hypertension
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

New Orleans

Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Men or women aged ≥18 years
  • 2. Community members associated with the participating churches (church members and their families and friends)
  • 3. Systolic blood pressure ≥130 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥80 mm Hg
  • 4. Willing and able to participate in the intervention.
  • 5. Willing and able to sign written informed consent.
  • 1. Prior hospitalization in the last 3 months for chronic heart failure or heart attack
  • 2. Current diagnosis of cancer requiring chemotherapy or radiation therapy
  • 3. Stage-5 chronic kidney disease requiring chronic dialysis or transplant
  • 4. Pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next 18 months
  • 5. Planning to move out of the Greater New Orleans area during the next year

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Tulane University,

Study Record Dates

2027-06-30