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Hypertension Awareness And Health Care Access/Use In Black Women With Hypertension, Marlène Trusiak
Hypertension Awareness And Health Care Access/Use In Black Women With Hypertension, Marlène Trusiak
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Black women in the United States have a high prevalence of hypertension and suffer the most complications of cardiovascular disease. Black women, though aware of the dangers associated with hypertension, have limited opportunity to access health care and or change their lifestyles. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional study was to test if there was a significant difference in hypertension awareness, health care access/use, and lifestyle modifications in Black women prior to and post implementation of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as compared to women of other races. The behavior modification theory guided this study. Secondary data from …