Published on in Vol 10, No 12 (2021): December

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/29423, first published .
Incorporating African American Veterans’ Success Stories for Hypertension Management: Developing a Behavioral Support Texting Protocol

Incorporating African American Veterans’ Success Stories for Hypertension Management: Developing a Behavioral Support Texting Protocol

Incorporating African American Veterans’ Success Stories for Hypertension Management: Developing a Behavioral Support Texting Protocol

Kathryn L DeLaughter   1 , MA ;   Gemmae M Fix   1, 2 , PhD ;   Sarah E McDannold   1 , MPH ;   Charlene Pope   3, 4 , PhD ;   Barbara G Bokhour   1, 5 , PhD ;   Stephanie L Shimada   1, 5, 6 , PhD ;   Rodney Calloway   1 , BSc ;   Howard S Gordon   7, 8, 9 , MD ;   Judith A Long   10, 11 , MD ;   Danielle A Miano   1 , BA ;   Sarah L Cutrona   1, 5 , MPH, MD

1 Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, United States

2 Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States

3 Nursing, Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, United States

4 College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States

5 Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

6 Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States

7 Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center and VA Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare, Chicago, IL, United States

8 Section of Academic Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

9 Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

10 Corporal Michael J Crescenz VA Medical Center, VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), Philadelphia, PA, United States

11 Division of General Internal Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Kathryn L DeLaughter, MA
  • Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research
  • VA Bedford Healthcare System
  • 200 Springs Rd
  • Bedford, MA, 01730
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 781 687 2559
  • Email: kathryn.delaughter@va.gov