Hypertension Research Paper
Hypertension, commonly referred to as the "silent killer," is one of the most common cardiovascular diseases. It can be very damaging to your heart and blood vessels and eventually leads to stroke, heart failure, heart attack, kidney failure and vision problems.
According to the CDC, it affects 65 million adults in the U.S., and studies have shown that African Americans tend to have an earlier onset and higher prevalence of the disease than non-Hispanic whites. Other groups who are shown to have a higher prevalence for the disease are adults with lower family income, lower education, public health insurance, diabetes, obesity, and/or a disability.
These findings suggest that hypertension is not solely a race disparity, but also a social disparity. …show more content…
The CDC suggests that the best way to approach the hypertension problem is to change the systems already in place and seek out a better way to prevent and control its prevalence. They believe that individual interventions would not be as effective as a look and re-evaluation into the bigger picture: the healthcare system itself.
Recommended Actions to Reduce Health Disparities
The CDC recommends several steps to reduce health disparities:
1. Increase community awareness of disparities as persistent problems that represent some of the most pressing health challenges in the U.S.
2. Set priorities among disparities to be addressed at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels
3. Articulate valid reasons to expend resources to reduce and ultimately eliminate priority
disparities.
4. Implement the dual strategy of universal and targeted intervention strategies based on lessons learned from successes in reducing certain disparities (e.g., the virtual elimination of disparities in certain vaccination rates among
According to the CDC, it affects 65 million adults in the U.S., and studies have shown that African Americans tend to have an earlier onset and higher prevalence of the disease than non-Hispanic whites. Other groups who are shown to have a higher prevalence for the disease are adults with lower family income, lower education, public health insurance, diabetes, obesity, and/or a disability.
These findings suggest that hypertension is not solely a race disparity, but also a social disparity. …show more content…
The CDC suggests that the best way to approach the hypertension problem is to change the systems already in place and seek out a better way to prevent and control its prevalence. They believe that individual interventions would not be as effective as a look and re-evaluation into the bigger picture: the healthcare system itself.
Recommended Actions to Reduce Health Disparities
The CDC recommends several steps to reduce health disparities:
1. Increase community awareness of disparities as persistent problems that represent some of the most pressing health challenges in the U.S.
2. Set priorities among disparities to be addressed at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels
3. Articulate valid reasons to expend resources to reduce and ultimately eliminate priority
disparities.
4. Implement the dual strategy of universal and targeted intervention strategies based on lessons learned from successes in reducing certain disparities (e.g., the virtual elimination of disparities in certain vaccination rates among