Health and Faith Working to Control Blood Pressure

April 9, 2026 updated by: University of California, Los Angeles

Health and Faith Working Together to Control Blood Pressure

Faith community nursing programs have grown out of churches as a response to the inequity of healthcare delivery to uninsured and underinsured communities. These programs provide outreach to community members and extend their services beyond just the parishioners of the churches, reaching more uninsured people than traditional medical services. Although faith community nursing programs have been established throughout the United States, no evaluation of these programs has been done. QueensCare is taking the lead in measuring the effect of parish nurses on health outcomes. In this project we have one specific aim: to measure the effect of parish nurse visits on blood pressure control on community-dwelling hypertensive patients. Our study will involve recruiting hypertensive patients from parish nurse led health fairs and interviewing subjects at the time of recruitment. Patients will either be randomized to parish nurse visits or primary care physician appointments. We will have a 4-month follow-up period with a re-check of blood pressures and an exit interview of the patient. From this study, we hope to better understand if parish nurse visits improve blood pressure and medication compliance among hypertensive patients.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

100

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • We will be including adults who are 18 years and older who have attended a health fair or screening event at one of QueensCare Health and Faith Partnership parish nurse sponsored church events in Los Angeles.
  • Patients must be either English or Spanish speaking.
  • Patients will be enrolled by blood pressure readings at the screening event. We will be using the JNC 71 criteria for diagnosing hypertension.
  • Patients with blood pressures above 140/90 will be defined as hypertensive.
  • Diagnosed and previously undiagnosed hypertensive patients will be included in the study.
  • The patient must also be able to come to the follow-up appointment in 4 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant women will not be included in the study.
  • Patients who do not speak English or Spanish will be excluded from the study since we do not have the capacity to translate all our materials into multiple languages.
  • Those deemed by the research assistant to be incapable to give informed consent (due to intoxication, dementia, or other causes) will also be excluded from the study.
  • Patients younger than 18 years old will be excluded from the study.
  • Patients who have seen a parish nurse in her office hours in the past 6 months will be excluded from the study. We do not want patients who have an already established relationship with a parish nurse to be enrolled in the study with the chance of being randomized to the physician-only arm, which would interrupt the continuity of care the patient is receiving from the parish nurse.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Control
assisted appointment with physician
Other: Parish nurse visit
One visit with the parish nurse in 2 weeks

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Drop of 12.5 mm Hg in systolic blood pressure
Time Frame: within 4 months
within 4 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of California, Los Angeles

Collaborators

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Arshiya A Baig, MD/MPH, UCLA RWJ CSP

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2006

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2007

Study Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 25, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 25, 2007

First Posted (Estimated)

September 26, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 14, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 9, 2026

Last Verified

May 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • #G06-08-103-02A

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