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Understanding the knowledge and perceptions of parents or caregivers and health care teams is crucial to identify factors that may contribute to these unacceptably low detection rates.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Objective<\/jats:title>To examine the knowledge and perceptions of parents and health care teams regarding pediatric hypertension to identify common themes contributing to low hypertension detection.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>This qualitative study, interviewed parents of children diagnosed with hypertension who did not follow up within 1 year after diagnosis and health care clinicians (medical assistants, nurses, managers, pediatricians, and nurse practitioners) across 10 clinics in Delaware and Pennsylvania between November 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>With the use of an inductive thematic approach, codes were developed and themes identified by multidisciplinary research investigators.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>A total of 38 stakeholders (mean [range] age, 43 [25-64] years; 33 [86%] female), including 13 parents and 25 health care clinicians, were interviewed. The parent sample was diverse based on race (5 [46%] Black, 5 [38%] White, and 3 [23%] other race), ethnicity (5 [38%] Hispanic and 8 [62%] non-Hispanic), and Child Opportunity Index (5 [38%] very low or low, 3 [23%] moderate, and 5 [38%] high or very high). Parents and clinicians demonstrated awareness of the significance of pediatric hypertension. Parents thought blood pressure checks were important; however, clinicians often had competing priorities during annual visits. Both groups expressed skepticism about high blood pressure readings, attributing them to situational factors or white coat syndrome. Parents and clinicians shared concerns about medication use and preferred lifestyle change. Parents advocated for further testing, whereas clinicians exhibited varying perspectives on additional diagnostics, emphasizing targeted testing strategies and cautious medication approaches.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>In this qualitative study of parents and clinicians, both groups were skeptical of blood pressure readings and expressed concerns about medication use, with a preference for lifestyle changes over medication. 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