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  
• Study Publications 
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Background

1. Social, psychological, behavioral and genetic factors are associated with uncontrolled HBP
2. Black men: 
   • suffer earliest from severe complications
   • have low rates of continuous HBP care
   • achieve poor control of HBP
   • are vastly under-studied
3. Myths suggest that young urban black men are “hard-to-reach” and not interested in their health or participating in research