# Unpacking Dimensions of Patient Preferences Related to Hypertension Management in Black Adults

> **NIH NIH K01** · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 2021 · $170,895

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
Background. Hypertension (HTN) is a significant public health problem that affects nearly a billion people
worldwide and explains the most variance in the racial gap in mortality between blacks and whites. Successful
management of HTN is often achieved through drug therapy and lifestyle change. For example, evidence-
based lifestyle interventions like the NHLBI-funded Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating
plan have been shown to improve HTN control in black patients compared to whites. Yet, adherence to
lifestyle change interventions still remains low; a potential explanation is that these decisions are not
preference-based. Little is known about the impact of preferences on adherence to lifestyle change
interventions for black patients with HTN. This K01 provides a unique opportunity to address this gap in the
literature.
Candidate Overview. My long-term career objective is to become an independent investigator who
specializes in attenuating health disparities by studying the health care and communication preferences of
patients. My short-term objective is to perform research to improve HTN management in black adults.
Historically, I have done work in cancer; however, I now seek to expand my research portfolio to include
cardiovascular disease broadly and hypertension specifically.
Career Development and Training Plan. My educational program includes: a) structured course work,
b) professional conferences pertinent to my interests, c) directed readings, d) shadowing of clinicians, and e) a
research project with specific aims timed to coincide with these activities. Structured mentorship with national
experts including Dr. Scott Braithwaite (medical decision making), Dr. Olugbenga Ogedegbe (hypertension,
Dr. Angela Fagerlin (shared decision making), and Dr. Donna Shelley (implementation science) will promote
my continued publication of manuscripts, presentations at academic meetings, and an R01 application.
Research Strategy. To accomplish my aims, I will use qualitative methods (in Aims 1 and 2) including focus
groups with black patients and interviews with clinicians, leading to the development of a decision support tool
(in Aim 3) for which I will test the feasibility and usability of the tool to enhance preference-concordant decision
making in black patients and shared decision making with their clinicians.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10225438
- **Project number:** 5K01HL135467-04
- **Recipient organization:** NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Aisha Tene Langford
- **Activity code:** K01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $170,895
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-08-01 → 2023-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10225438

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10225438, Unpacking Dimensions of Patient Preferences Related to Hypertension Management in Black Adults (5K01HL135467-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10225438. Licensed CC0.

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