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Using a culturally sensitive lifestyle modification toolkit to manage hypertension among West African immigrants
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Darby, Beauty. Using a culturally sensitive lifestyle modification toolkit to manage hypertension among West African immigrants. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-16gg-0b78

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TitleUsing a culturally sensitive lifestyle modification toolkit to manage hypertension among West African immigrants
NameDarby, Beauty (author); Heider, Gerti (chair); Rutgers University; RBHS School of Nursing
Date Created2022
Other Date2022-05 (degree)
SubjectNursing, Hypertension, Immigrants -- Health and hygiene, West African immigrants -- Hypertension -- Management
Extent79 pages : illustrations
DescriptionPurpose of Project: This project aimed to employ a culturally sensitive lifestyle modification toolkit to manage hypertension among West African immigrants aged 21–65.Methods: This quasi-experimental project was conducted in a West African Church in central New Jersey and over Zoom for six weeks. Blood pressures were measured pre-intervention and post-intervention. The hypertension Evaluation of Lifestyle and Management scale (HELM) was used to assess knowledge and lifestyle management, while the Hill-Bone scale (HB-MAS) was used to assess medication adherence.
Results: There were statistically significant improvements at the alpha=0.05 threshold. The Wilcoxon signed rank sum test revealed statistically significant improvement in HELM questionnaire scores (S=52.5, p=0.0001), HB-MAS questionnaire scores (S=7.0, p=0.0001), and systolic S= -51.5 (p=0.0002) and diastolic (S= -52.5, p=0.0001) blood pressure measurements.
Implications for Practice: This project’s findings support other evidence-based studies that have concluded that hypertension education is a practical and effective strategy to reduce racial disparities in hypertension control. Congruently, a culturally sensitive approach to dealing with high-risk West African immigrants might be more effective in controlling hypertension among this population.
NoteD.N.P.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-16gg-0b78
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSchool of Nursing (RBHS) DNP Projects
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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