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Further, the study assessed how the outreach intervention correlated with relevant quality improvement outcomes, including improved blood pressure and primary care follow\u2010up among our clinic population of Black men with severe hypertension.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A cohort of 265 Black men aged \u226518\u00a0years with SBP \u2265160\u00a0mmHg or DBP \u2265100\u00a0mmHg at the most recent clinic visit were identified using Epic reports formatted for Federal Uniformed Data Set annual reporting. Telephone outreach was used to invite the cohort to attend weekly in\u2010person classes facilitated by various healthcare professionals. Logistic regression was performed to determine the associations between being reached by phone with (1) class attendance and (2) follow\u2010up appointment attendance.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Most of the Black men were single (57.4%, <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0152), 49.1% had history of alcohol or substance use (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0130), and 35.8% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a095) was uninsured. The average age was 55.6\u00a0years (<jats:italic>SD<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a011.6). After controlling for sociodemographic factors, being reached by phone was significantly associated with an increased likelihood of patient attendance at follow\u2010up appointments (<jats:italic>OR<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a01.91, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.038) but not with class attendance (<jats:italic>OR<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a02.45, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.155). Patients who attended a follow\u2010up appointment experienced significant reductions in both SBP and DBP at 9\u00a0months.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Linking evidence to action<\/jats:title><jats:p>Telephone outreach was labor\u2010intensive but effective in keeping under\u2010resourced patient populations engaged in primary care. Future work should aim to develop more efficient strategies for engaging high\u2010risk patients in self\u2010monitoring education to manage hypertension.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/wvn.12553","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,13]],"date-time":"2022-01-13T11:43:39Z","timestamp":1642074219000},"page":"28-34","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Evaluating the efficacy of telephone\u2010based outreach in addressing hypertension control among black men with severe hypertension: An observational study"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4722-4939","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rohith Sai","family":"Raman","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Lincoln Community Health Center Durham North Carolina USA"},{"name":"Medical University of South Carolina Mt Pleasant South Carolina USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Holly","family":"Biola","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lincoln Community Health Center Durham North Carolina USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Melanie","family":"Bakovic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute Durham North Carolina USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tiffany","family":"Hayes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Duke University School of Nursing Durham North Carolina USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Colette","family":"Whitney","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Duke University School of Medicine Durham North Carolina USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4030-0791","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dominique","family":"Bulgin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute Durham North Carolina USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yunah","family":"Kang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Duke University School of Nursing Durham North Carolina USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cameron","family":"Eck","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Duke\u2010Margolis Center for Health Policy Washington District of Columbia USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"L\u2019Tanya","family":"Gilchrist","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Durham County Health Department Durham North Carolina USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Awanya","family":"Caesar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lincoln Community Health Center Durham North Carolina USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joan","family":"Chaplin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lincoln Community Health Center Durham North Carolina USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bradi","family":"Granger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute Durham North Carolina USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_8_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4103\/1947-2714.168669"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11524-016-0054-9"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/CIR.0000000000000659"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.amepre.2020.05.030"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ccl.2010.07.003"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/CIR.0000000000000534"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_8_1","volume-title":"Social determinants of health","author":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention","year":"2021"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.289.19.2560"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jch.13469"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_11_1","volume-title":"National data: Table 7 health outcomes and disparities. 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