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

• Váldodahkkit: Roberta Constantine, PhD (Dahkki), J. Nell Brownstein, PhD (Dahkki), Sonja Hoover, MPP (Dahkki), Lashawn Wordlaw-Stinson, PhD (Dahkki), Diane Orenstein, PhD (Dahkki), Patricia Jones, RN, CDE (Dahkki), Rosanne Farris, PhD (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fáttát: article
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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...