Culturally appropriate storytelling may help control blood pressure in African Americans
Results might be different with other groups of patients or in other settings, but the findings suggest that culturally grounded strategies could play an important role in delivering medical care to an increasingly diverse population. "A lot of times when people talk about ‘culturally appropriate,' they think minority, but, frankly, 70% of the population has high blood pressure once they get into their late 60s, so it's across the spectrum," says Dr. Albert.
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