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Table 2.

Study participant eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
▪ Average screening systolic BP ≥ 140 mmHg on 2 screening visits within 7 days of each other	▪ Average screening systolic BP ≥ 200 mmHg or average diastolic BP ≥ 120 mmHg (on 3 consecutive visits)
▪ Recently admitted to the home care post-acute care program	▪ Dialysis^a
	▪ End stage renal disease^a
▪ 21 years of age or older	▪ Kidney transplant^a
▪ Black and/or Hispanic	▪ Severe heart failure^a
▪ Speaks English or Spanish	▪ Significant cognitive impairment. Unable to provide informed consent, accurate self-report, and/or unable to participate effectively in intervention
▪ History of stroke (ischemic or hemorrhagic) or transient ischemic attack
▪ HTN diagnosis	▪ Patients with upper arm circumference ≥ 38 cm. At this dimension our blood pressure cuffs become inaccurate
▪ Resides in the study catchment area
▪ Has a telephone (in order to participate in intervention phone sessions)

Notes: BP = blood pressure; HTN = hypertension.

^aConditions require very specialized care of HTN, including different medications and dietary/physical activity recommendations.