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May 17, 2012 | Program Result
Staff at South Carolina's Palmetto Project trained volunteers in Black churches to check blood pressure of church members and provide them with nutrition information, including ways to reduce sodium intake.
December 1, 2004 | Journal Article
This study examined racial differences in cardiac catheterization rates and reviewed whether patients' beliefs or other variables were associated with observed disparities. The authors performed a prospective observational cohort study of 1,045 whit ...
December 1, 2004 | Journal Article
This study examined whether racial differences exist in cholesterol monitoring, use of lipid-lowering agents and achievement of guideline-recommended low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease. The author ...
January 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Under-representing in medical research.
July 10, 2006 | Journal Article
African Americans are affected disproportionately by heart disease and chronic kidney disease, which is a risk factor for heart failure. Researchers in this study looked at incidence of heart failure and measures of kidney function in 1,124 African ...
March 18, 2009 | News Release
Treating hypertension and obesity key to heart failure prevention.
October 1, 2005 | Story
Johnson received her MMFDP fellowship in 1993 and continued her research into the appropriateness of and access to cardiology care for minorities and women.
January 18, 2011 | Journal Article
This study sought to develop and test a novel, evidence-based and culturally appropriate intervention to control blood pressure in African-Americans using storytelling DVDs.
May 15, 2011 | Program Result
Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care aimed at improving the overall quality of cardiac care while reducing racial, ethnic and language disparities in 10 participating hospitals from 2004 to 2008.
National Program
Expecting Success was a national program aimed at improving the quality of cardiac care while reducing racial, ethnic and language disparities.