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    Exploring the Impact of Telehealth on Black Women Controlling Hypertension
    (2024) Reese, Patrice J.; Wilkes, Sherron; Curtis, Davis
    Black women are struggling to properly control their hypertension. Black women continue to be disproportionately affected by hypertension due to historically systemic and structural barriers. The Social Determinants of Health related to race, gender, and access are major contributing factors. The Black woman’s plight is explained through the concepts of Intersectionality Theory and the Superwoman Schema. With interventions varying on controlling hypertension, research agrees that adherence to preventative and follow-up care is essential to improving blood pressure results. During COVID-19, there was a resurgence in the use of telehealth to improve health outcomes without the need of in-person visits. Through the evaluation of literature and content analysis, this author utilized this information to encourage the use of telehealth as a workable intervention to provide Black women with additional resources to improve efforts to properly control their hypertension.