Publications by authors named "K E Dietz"
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Individuals with low income or from minoritized racial or ethnic groups experience a high burden of hypertension and other chronic conditions (eg, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and mental health conditions) and often lack access to specialist care when compared to their more socially advantaged counterparts. We used a mixed-methods approach to describe the deployment of a Remote Collaborative Specialist Panel intervention aimed at the comprehensive and coordinated management of patients with hypertension and comorbid conditions to address health disparities.
Methods: Participants of the collaborative care/stepped care arm of the Reducing Inequities in Care of Hypertension: Lifestyle Improvement for Everyone (RICH LIFE) Project, a cluster-randomized trial comparing the effectiveness of enhanced standard of care to a multilevel intervention (collaborative care/stepped care) for improving blood pressure control and reducing disparities, were included.
Article Synopsis
- Health systems must actively address health equity by transforming their practices in social, economic, and political contexts, particularly in managing health disparities interventions like hypertension care.
- This qualitative study compares how various organizations, including Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and a private health system, implemented and sustained a hypertension disparities intervention through interviews with health care leaders.
- Key challenges included ensuring proper staffing and securing organizational commitment, with varied sustainability strategies; FQHCs depended on funding while a private practice focused on resource expansion, highlighting the need for supportive policies and further research on organizational factors impacting health disparities.
Background: Disparities in hypertension control are well documented but underaddressed.
Methods: RICH LIFE (Reducing Inequities in Care of Hypertension: Lifestyle Improvement for Everyone) was a 2-arm, cluster randomized trial comparing the effect on blood pressure (BP) control (systolic BP ≤140 mm Hg, diastolic BP ≤90 mm Hg), patient activation, and disparities in BP control of 2 multilevel interventions, standard of care plus (SCP) and collaborative care/stepped care (CC/SC). SCP included BP measurement standardization, audit and feedback, and equity-leadership training.