An Initiative to Educate and Support Young Adults Diagnosed with Hypertension

An Initiative to Educate and Support Young Adults Diagnosed with Hypertension Page Tomlinson, BS, RN, DNPc Background: Hypertension is a common diagnosis in the US with significant long-term effects. While guidelines for optimal hypertension management exist, young adults lag behind older adults in treatment and control3. The young adult is arguably more capable of lifestyle changes, primarily due to fewer physical limitations than older adults. Promotion of disease self-management is the most effective way to engage young adults in seeking control over their blood pressure1,2. Lifestyle modification as a young adult decreases costs of care and risk for cardiovascular events, while lack of guidance and support at this stage of life may increase risk for cardiac events over their lifetime. This project examined disease self-management in young adults aged 18-39 years at a local primary care office. Methods. Patients aged 18-39 years with diagnosis of hypertension were identified. A questionnaire on self-efficacy in hypertension management was sent and preference for lifestyle modification counseling (LMC) was assessed. Follow up calls placed. Semi-structured interviews conducted. Provider survey conducted. Results: Three patients discussed their experience of being diagnosed with hypertension in semi-structured interviews. Fourteen patients were not interested in participating. Provider survey (n=7) response 100%. Patient information handout created. Conclusions. While the literature demonstrates the positive effect of LMC on outcomes in hypertensive young adults, efforts to engage this population proved challenging. Young adults desire consistent guidance and support with lifestyle modification yet are unwilling to engage in lifestyle modification when they are asymptomatic and do not have rapport with the offering provider. Key Words: hypertension, young adult, support, lifestyle modification Word count [246] References: Johnson, H., Olson, A., Lamantia, J., Kind, A., Pandhi, N., Mendonça, E., Craven, M., & Smith, M. (2015). Documented lifestyle education among young adults with incident hypertension. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 30(5), 556-64. Trento, M., & Porta, M. (2012). Structured and Persistently Reinforced Patient Education Can Work. BMJ: British Medical Journal 345, e5100. Zhang, Y. E., & Moran, A. (2017). Trends in the Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension Among Young Adults in the United States, 1999 to 2014. Hypertension, 70(4), 736-742

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\u3ci\u3eKrupski\u3c/i\u3e and Relation Back for Claims Against John Doe Defendants

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The rise of British rule in India in the late eighteenth century was accompanied by the emergence of extensive business networks based on London, Calcutta and Canton. These networks, which organised the private trade of British civilians and military personnel in India, linked the export and import economies of Bengal, Madras, Java, the Philippines, the Malay peninsula and southern China, and came to dominate much of the regional trade of the Indian Ocean, as well as its links to Europe. Many of those engaged in this activity were Scots, and the connections between them - based in part on kinship - provided the institutional setting for the remittance of private money from Asia to Europe. While the activities of the East India Company provided an important part of the setting for these activities, much of them also depended on private enterprise and non-official networks. As a result, the volume of capital remitted from Bengal to Britain during the 1790s and 1800s was much larger than has previously been estimated

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Negligent Disruption of Genetic Planning: Carving Out a New Tort Theory to Address Novel Questions of Liability in an Era of Reproductive Innovation

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