Patient Self-Management: Impact of Racism-related Vigilance in the Management of Hypertension in African-Americans

Authors

Rackelle N. Wilkinson-Alston, Sacred Heart UniversityFollow

Professor

Rebecca Grizzle

Course Name

Disease Management and Outcomes Assessment

Course Number

NU 612

Document Type

Essay

Publication Date

2016

Abstract

It is important to understand the role that discrimination plays in health disparities. This paper will discuss racism-related vigilance, and its role in health outcomes in hypertensive African-Americans (AAs). This paper will also attempt to provide insight on how the absence of a culturally competent health care system may predispose AAs to developing stress-induced hypertension due to racism-related vigilance. This paper will explore how community partnership programs may be beneficial interventions for building resilience and promoting positive health behaviors among hypertensive AAs in the face of discrimination-related vigilance.

Comments

Writing Across the Curriculum 2015/2016 3rd place prize.

Recommended Citation

Wilkinson-Alston, Rackelle N., "Patient Self-Management: Impact of Racism-related Vigilance in the Management of Hypertension in African-Americans" (2016). Writing Across the Curriculum. 9.
https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/wac_prize/9

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