Date of Graduation
Fall 12-2021
Document Type
Project
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
College/School
School of Nursing and Health Professions
Department/Program
Nursing
Program
Population Health Leadership
First Advisor
Dr. Francine Serafin-Dickson
Second Advisor
Dr. Mary Lynne Knighten
Abstract
Objective: To review methods that could contribute to improved knowledge of hypertension among African immigrants at a California congregation. The difference in the management and outcomes of hypertension between African Americans and Whites is most disparate in cardiovascular disease, with lack of education documented as a major contributor for African Americans (Lackland, 2014) and African immigrants (Turson-Ocran et al., 2020). African Americans differ slightly in culture, health, and migration history from Africans who are 21st century immigrants from Africa (African immigrants); however, there are more similarities than differences between them (Terrazas, 2009). This brief report will describe a Doctor of Nursing Practice project to address lack of hypertension knowledge among African immigrants.
Design: This project will utilize a focus group approach; and pre and post survey tools to assess and evaluate knowledge.
Setting: A church in Southern California of about 150 congregants.
Participants: Twenty adult African immigrants diagnosed with or self-reported hypertension.
Methods: As part of African culture, storytelling will be utilized in the delivery of hypertension education. Pre- and post-intervention surveys will be used to assess and evaluate knowledge.
Results: Participants will report knowledge and consequences of uncontrolled hypertension before and after the education.
Conclusion: Findings may demonstrate the importance of evidence-based hypertension education among African immigrants in a culturally important setting like a church, identify barriers and facilitators of hypertension self-management, and may suggest a need for redesign of hypertension education strategies in African immigrants, such as storytelling which considers the importance of culture in health.
Recommended Citation
Oshunluyi, Esther, "PROVIDING HYPERTENSION EDUCATION TO AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS AT A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONGREGATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC" (2021). Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects. 215.
https://repository.usfca.edu/dnp/215
