Pressure Check: Testing A Unique Community-Based Approach to Managing High Blood Pressure: At the In the Cut barbershop on Tremont Street in Boston, customers are a mix of locals and college students coming in to get haircuts, shaves and beard trims. There’s also someone you don’t typically see in an inner-city barbershop: a clinical research coordinator from Mass General Brigham who is offering to take blood pressure readings for customers. Read More
New Study Compares Approaches to Control High Blood Pressure Read More
New Research Study Puts the "Pressure" on Hypertension Read More
Hello Partners! This is the Pressure Check study newsletter where you will find highlights on study progress, community efforts, and updates. Read More
AV on Health: Hypertension and the Black Community. More than half of Black adults in the United States suffer from hypertension, or high blood pressure. In fact, African Americans have a higher prevalence of hypertension than any other racial or ethnic group. There is a new study being conducted in Hampton Roads on the best ways to control high blood pressure. Listen Here
Sentara partners with Black churches to study disparities in hypertension- One year after being awarded a $3.4 million grant, Sentara builds on efforts to improve blood pressure control and advance health equity. Read more
Sentara partners with local churches to study hypertension- HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — A partnership between Sentara Health and local churches could help save lives. Read more