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 , US

2 Boston University School of Medicine , Boston , MA , US

3 Nursing , Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center , Charleston , SC , US

4 College of Medicine , Medical University of South Carolina , Charleston , SC , US

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Corresponding Author:

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