Strategies for Controlling Blood Pressure Among Low-Income Populations in Georgia

• Main Authors: Roberta Constantine, PhD (Author), J. Nell Brownstein, PhD (Author), Sonja Hoover, MPP (Author), Lashawn Wordlaw-Stinson, PhD (Author), Diane Orenstein, PhD (Author), Patricia Jones, RN, CDE (Author), Rosanne Farris, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundIn Georgia an estimated 32% of blacks and 28% of whites have high blood pressure. In 2004 the rate of death from stroke in Georgia was 12% higher than the national average, and blacks in the state have a 1.4 times greater rate of death from stroke than that of whites.ContextThe Georgia leg...