Hypertension Education and Treatment (HEAT) Partnership

描述（由申请人提供）： 密西西比大学医学中心（研究密集型医学中心）和杰克逊-海因兹综合健康中心（少数民族医疗保健服务系统）建议通过建立其HEAT合作伙伴关系来解决非裔美国人的心血管健康差异。 HEAT是Hypertension Education and Treatment的缩写。 HEAT伙伴关系分为四个核心。 行政核心包括来自RIMC和MSS的主要调查员以及核心主任和联合主任。 研究核心的具体目标是：（1）为医疗保健提供者提供一系列研讨会，重点是根据现行指南评估和治疗高血压患者;（2）招募足够数量的高血压不受控制的患者参加研究，并鼓励他们在整个干预期间继续治疗，作为促进终身高血压控制的手段;（3）提供一个病人教育计划，包括（a）为干预参与者举办一系列讲习班，重点是高血压的影响，以及适当饮食和运动在控制高血压方面的功效;（B）一名病人倡导者，作为病人和提供者之间的联络人;以及（c）一名来自病人社交圈的“健康伙伴”， 熟人谁将有助于加强讲习班的经验教训，以参与的方式;（4）比较干预组和控制组的结果，并确定干预的有效性。 教育核心的具体目标是（1）提高医疗保健提供者的文化能力，并解决其对全国种族和少数民族人口健康差距的影响;（2）探讨研究和医疗保健中的种族，种族主义和健康差距问题，特别是因为它们影响到密西西比的非洲裔美国人;和（3）为有能力开展研究以减少心血管健康差异的新研究人员提供职业发展培训。 社区外展核心的具体目标是：（1）在选定的弱势群体中开展重点小组会议，以评估对高血压的认识水平，并为目标受众确定现实的高血压预防生活方式目标;（2）与社区组织建立伙伴关系，以加强外展核心的活动;以及（3）制定并向普通公众传播文化和语言上适当的高血压教育材料，包括高血压的检测、诊断和预防策略。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Mississippi Medical Center (the Research Intensive Medical Center) and Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center (the Minority Healthcare Serving System) propose to address cardiovascular health disparities among African Americans through establishment of its HEAT Partnership. HEAT is an acronym for Hypertension Education and Treatment. The HEAT Partnership is organized into four cores. The administrative core includes the principal investigators from both the RIMC and the MSS as well as the core directors and co-directors. Specific aims of the Research Core are to (1) provide a series of workshops for healthcare providers that focus on assessment and treatment of hypertensive patients according to current guidelines; (2) enroll a sufficient number of patients with uncontrolled hypertension to participate in the study and encourage each of them to continue treatment throughout the duration of the intervention as a means of promoting lifetime hypertension control; (3) provide a program of patient education that includes (a) a series of workshops for the intervention participants that focus on the impact of hypertension, and the efficacy of proper diet and exercise in managing hypertension; (b) a patient advocate, who will serve as a liaison between patient and provider; and (c) a "health partner" from the patient's social circle of acquaintances who will help reinforce the workshop lessons in a participatory manner; and (4) compare the results of the intervention group and the control group, and determine the effectiveness of the intervention. Specific aims of the Education Core are to (1) enhance cultural competency among healthcare providers and address its impact on health disparities among the nation's racial and ethnic minority populations; (2) explore issues of race, racism and health disparities in research and medical care, particularly as they affect African Americans in Mississippi; and (3) provide career development training for new investigators capable of conducting research to reduce cardiovascular health disparities. Specific aims of the Community Outreach Core are to (1) conduct focus group sessions in selected vulnerable populations to assess the level of awareness about hypertension, and identify realistic lifestyle hypertension-prevention goals for the intended audience; (2) pursue partnerships with community-based organizations to enhance the activities of the Outreach Core; and (3) develop and disseminate culturally and linguistically appropriate education materials to the lay public about hypertension, including detection, diagnosis, and strategies for its prevention.