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ERIC Number: EJ1467201
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Feb
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1090-1981
EISSN: EISSN-1552-6127
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Health Care Leaders' Experience with a Multi-Level Intervention to Reduce Hypertension Disparities: A Qualitative Analysis
Razeen Karim1,2; Paula Darby Lipman3; Kristina Weeks1,2; Yea-Jen Hsu1,2; Deven Brown1,2; Emily Carletto1,2; Katie Dietz1,2; Lisa A. Cooper1,2; Jill Marsteller1,2; RICH LIFE Investigators
Health Education & Behavior, v52 n1 p73-81 2025
With health equity growing as a priority within health care, health systems must transform that calling into action within their social, economic, and political environments. The current literature has not compared how different organizations manage the same health disparities intervention. This qualitative study aims to illustrate how different organizations navigated the implementation and sustainability of a hypertension disparities intervention by comparing experiences across Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), a private health system, and other non-clinical partnering organizations. As a study within a randomized controlled trial designed to reduce disparities in hypertension care, we conducted interviews with health care leaders before and after participation in the trial's multi-level intervention. Before participation, we interviewed five health care leaders representing five health systems. Following the intervention, we interviewed 14 leaders representing the five health systems and two partnering organizations. Discussions focused on intervention implementation and plans for sustainability. The primary considerations in implementation were appropriate staffing and multi-level organizational buy-in. When discussing long-term planning, health systems prioritized the structure of a stepped-care protocol incorporating community health workers (CHWs) and case managers. The sustainability of the CHW intervention at FQHCs was dependent on funding, whereas a private, non-FQHC physician practice network focused on expanding current resources for more patients. These findings serve as anticipatory guidance for organizations aiming to reduce hypertension disparities and provide support for policies that financially assist these interventions. Further investigation is warranted on the organizational factors that may influence the degree of success in eliminating health care disparities.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Maryland; Pennsylvania
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: 1Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; 3Westat, Rockville, MD, USA