Comprehensive High Blood Pressure Care for 
Young Urban Black Men 
A Cross-disciplinary Program of Research, Patient Care and Teaching

• Investigators
• Background 
• Aims and Hypotheses
• Eligibility Criteria 
• Framework, Design, Methods, Variables
• Results  
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Specific Aims

1. Enroll 300 inner-city hypertensive black men, with and without controlled BPs, and follow for 24 months
2. Characterize HBP and lifestyle-related co-morbidities
3. Measure effects of nurse practitioner-community health worker-physician intervention on BP reduction and other CV health outcomes
4. Compare this more intensive (MI) intervention to a less intensive (LI) intervention to lower BP

Main Hypotheses

Compared to the LI group, the MI group will have significantly

• lower mean BP
• greater BP control (< 140/90 mm Hg)
• higher rates of being in HBP care and taking HBP medication