Description:
Prevention and Care of High Blood Pressure in Young Urban African American Males
Young African-American men are at high risk for effects of uncontrolled blood pressure, such as stroke, and heart and kidney failure and economic and social burdens make it difficult to obtain medical care or make behavioral changes. Hill's research shows that personalized care by a research team has controlled hypertension in 39% of a group of 309 African-American men --higher than the 27% national control rate.
Community Driven Research: Lead Awareness North Philly Style
This research tested community-derived strategies to address childhood lead poisoning. The developed intervention included increasing knowledge of health risks of childhood lead poisoning and community-based strategies to improve surveillance for lead exposure. Findings so far indicate that the number of children tested for lead was increased, and blood lead levels were decreased, compared to controls.
Speaker(s):
Martha N. Hill, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, interim dean/professor, School of Nursing; director, Center for Nursing Research, Johns Hopkins University; first non-physician to serve as president of the American Heart Association Nancy L. Rothman, Ed.D., R.N., Independence Foundation Professor of Urban Community Nursing, Department of Nursing; director, Community-Based Practices, Temple University
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