Tailoring TM-HTN Intervention for Black Patients

Current clinic-based hypertension (HTN) management models have several limitations, resulting in episodic care that does not adequately support patients' self-care skills, and fails to achieve blood pressure (BP) control.

Inclusion Criteria: * Subjects must be African American or Black * experiencing socially disadvantage * Patients with systolic Blood Pressure ≥140 mmHg on their last two clinic visits and baseline systolic BP \>130 mmHg using the mean of two research BP values measured by trained staff * Subjects must be on stable Blood Pressure medications for the preceding 6 weeks Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to read or speak English * diminished ability to measure home Blood Pressure * chronic kidney disease ≥stage 4 * persistent/chronic atrial fibrillation * severe hypertension \>180/110 mmHg * acute health changes in past 3 months increasing chance of Blood Pressure instability * terminal illness