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David M. Levine, MD, ScD; Lawrence W. Green, DPH; Sigrid G. Deeds; Judith Chwalow, DPH; R. Patterson Russell, MD; Jack Finlay, DPH

JAMA. 1979;241(16):1700-1703.

Abstract
Three educational interventions for the control of essential hypertension in ambulatory patients were based on analyses of the educational needs of patients and providers. The educational program increased reported compliance with medication, improved the proportion of patients losing weight, and improved appointment keeping. Most important, there was a favorable effect on blood pressure (BP) control. The proportion of patients with BP under control in the group assigned to all three interventions increased by 28% (from 38% to 66%), while the proportion in the control group receiving standard medical therapy with no educational interventions remained unchanged at 42%.

(JAMA 241:1700-1703, 1979)

Author Affiliations
From the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Services Research and the Division of Health Education of the School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

Footnotes
Presented in part before the American Federation for Clinical Research, Washington, DC, Nov 4, 1977.

Reprint requests to Division of Health Education, Department of Health Services Administration, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205 (Dr Green).

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