A study led by Health Policy and Management Professor and Chair Thomas LaVeist evaluated associations between community characteristics and blood pressure levels and prevalent hypertension in a racially integrated community. The Exploring Health Disparities in Integrated Communities Study measured blood pressure in residents of two contiguous racially integrated and low-income U.S. Census Tracts.
The study, which was published in the Journal of Urban Health, showed that greater community problems and proximity to resources were associated with lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure among whites (n = 548). Social cohesion was associated with higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure among African Americans (n = 777).
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