Engaging Gatekeeper-Stakeholders in Development of a Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence Among African American and Pacific Islander Elderly Patients With Hypertension

• Main Authors: Yazdanshenas, Hamed (Author), Bazargan, Mohsen (Author), Jones, Loretta (Author), Vawer, May (Author), Seto, Todd B (Author), Farooq, Summer (Author), Taira, Deborah A (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundApproximately 70 million people in the United States have hypertension. Although antihypertensive therapy can reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with hypertension, often patients do not take their medication as prescribed. ObjectiveThe goal of this study was to better understand...