CHW Intervention to Improve Nutrition Security of Patients with Hypertension

Description

The goal of this study is to implement and evaluate a randomized pilot study of a 4-month Nutrition-enhanced community health worker (CHW) intervention for primary care patients with nutrition insecurity and poorly controlled hypertension. The nutrition intervention will be added to the pre-existing Massachusetts General Hospital CHW hypertension (Basic CHW) program that provides hypertension education, coaching about adherence to medications and primary care visits, and home BP cuffs and promotion of BP self-monitoring over the course of approximately 4 months.

Conditions

Hypertension, Nutrition, Healthy, Food Insecurity, Community Health Worker

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The goal of this study is to implement and evaluate a randomized pilot study of a 4-month Nutrition-enhanced community health worker (CHW) intervention for primary care patients with nutrition insecurity and poorly controlled hypertension. The nutrition intervention will be added to the pre-existing Massachusetts General Hospital CHW hypertension (Basic CHW) program that provides hypertension education, coaching about adherence to medications and primary care visits, and home BP cuffs and promotion of BP self-monitoring over the course of approximately 4 months.

CHW Intervention to Improve Nutrition Security of Primary Care Patients with Hypertension

CHW Intervention to Improve Nutrition Security of Patients with Hypertension

Condition
Hypertension
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Boston

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Eligible to participate in the Massachusetts General Hospital CHW hypertension program (age 21 years or older, uncontrolled hypertension, patient at one of 5 participating primary care clinics; either identifies as a minoritized race/ethnicty or is low-income); speaks English or Spanish
  • * declines participation in CHW hypertension program; does not speak English or Spanish

Ages Eligible for Study

21 Years to 99 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Massachusetts General Hospital,

Anne N Thorndike, MD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Record Dates

2028-01-31