The COACHMAN Study

Community and Tech-Based Approach for Hypertension Self-Management (COACHMAN)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a community outreach program using a technology-based intervention (TBI) to support self-managing hypertension (called COACHMAN) to improve BP control.

Principal Investigator: Carolyn Harmon Still, PhD, RN, MSM, AGPCNP-BC, CCRP, FAAN

Co-Investigators: Cheryl Killion, Shirley Moore, Abdus Sattar, Jackson T. Wright

Team Members: Deepa Chhetri, Phuong Dang, Dolan Maker, Tangela Peavy

Community Partners: , , , , Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, University Hospitals of Cleveland - UH Otis Moss Health Center

Support: This study was funded by National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities 5U54MD002265-13 (PI Segal).

Publications

Still, C. H., Margevicius, S., Harwell, C., Huang, M. Martin, L., Dang, P. B., Wright, JT, Jr. (2020). A  COmmunity and Technology-Based ApproaCh for Hypertension Self-MANagement (COACHMAN) to improve blood pressure control in African Americans: Results from a pilot study. Patient Preference and Adherence, 14, 2301-2313. https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S283086.*

Still, C. H., Dang, P. B., Malaker, D., & Peavy, T. D. (2020). The Design and rationale of a pilot study: A COmmunity and Tech- Based ApproaCh for Hypertension Self-MANagement (COACHMAN). Journal of National Black Nurses' Association: JNBNA, 31(1), 52–59.