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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019 Oct 15;12(10):e005586. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.119.005586

Figure 2. Factors Influencing Disparities in Hypertension Control by Levels of the Social Ecological Model.

Figure 2.

Multiple barriers to blood pressure control exist, at the patient, interpersonal, clinical, organizational, local, state, and national level. Adapted from Mueller M, Purnell TS, Mensah GA, Cooper LA. Reducing racial and ethnic disparities in hypertension prevention and control: What will it take to translate research into practice and policy? American Journal of Hypertension. 2015;28:699–716.