RESTORE (AddREssing Social Determinants TO pRevent hypErtension) Network is a collaboration between six universities to prevent hypertension and reduce racial inequities in Black communities across the United States with poor access to health care, healthy foods and places to exercise. Investigators in the RESTORE Network are testing five scalable, sustainable, and community based projects to help address these barriers and prevent hypertension. The network is managed by a multidisciplinary team from NYU Grossman School of Medicine, led by Gbenga Ogedegbe, M.D., MPH. Read more about the RESTORE network and the team of researchers.ealth Equity Research Network is a collaboration between six universities to prevent hypertension and reduce racial inequities in Black communities across the United States. Investigators in the RESTORE Network are testing five scalable, sustainable, and community based projects to help address these barriers and prevent hypertension. 
Published Papers Highlights
The RESTORE network overview and five individual study protocol papers were recently published in the American Journal of Hypertension: https://academic.oup.com/ajh/issue/36/5
RESTORE Health Equity Research Network participants describe the context and theoretical framework of the network and provide a brief overview of the five innovative, evidence-based projects the AHA has funded to improve health equity in Black communities.
The Health Equity Research Network (HERN) on the Prevention of Hypertension is part of the multi-pronged approach of the American Heart Association’s unprecedented pledge to aggressively address social determinants while working to support and improve the equitable health of all communities.
High blood pressure is one of the leading risk factors of heart disease and stroke and is also a health equity issue. Significant racial and ethnic disparities in both prevalence of hypertension and its management have been well documented. Uncontrolled hypertension is particularly acute in communities of color. As such, this research initiative provides a mechanism to advance the science of prevention of hypertension with a focus on health equity.
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