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The BLESSED study is testing two different approaches to help people with high blood pressure manage it better over 18 months. One approach uses trained community health workers who provide one-on-one coaching and organize exercise and nutrition programs at local churches, while the other offers group education classes. Both approaches aim to help you lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk of heart disease.
African American residents of Louisiana experience high rates of high blood pressure and heart disease compared to other groups. This trial exists to find the best way to deliver proven blood pressure treatments in community settings where people live and worship, making it easier for people to get the support they need.
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If you are assigned to the community health worker group, you will receive one-on-one coaching on lifestyle changes and taking your medications, attend church-based exercise and nutrition classes, check your blood pressure at home, and have visits with a nurse practitioner at your church. If you are in the education group, you will attend group classes led by doctors, dietitians, and health educators, and receive information about monitoring your blood pressure at home. Both groups will participate for 18 months.
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