Community Health Workers Using Patient Stories to Support Hypertension Management

Community Health Workers (CHWs) using patient stories to support hypertension (HTN) management is a CHW‐delivered culturally appropriate storytelling intervention for patients diagnosed with HTN. We will develop and test interactive videos presenting stories of patients who have successfully made changes enhancing blood pressure control; and integrate this new tool with a CHW approach to management of hypertension. This two site, two‐armed randomized controlled trial aims to recruit 252 english and spanish speaking patients with uncontrolled HTN. All participants are randomized to receive five visits (two in‐person and 3 telephone calls) with CHWs either immediately (intervention condition (I)) or 6 months after enrollment (delayed intervention (DI)). Intervention participants receive the intervention immediately and DI participants receive print materials at enrollment and are telephoned 4‐6 months after enrollment to schedule an in‐person visit at the health enter to begin receiving the intervention protocol.