Does implementation of mobile web app for medication reminder and health education increases treatment adherence among African American Males?

Does implementation of mobile web app for medication reminder and health education increases treatment adherence among African American Males?
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Introduction of the clinical problem and the clinical context that led you to identification of the clinical question
Adherence is important for improved quality of life among hypertensive patients. Non-adherent hypertensive patients have been reported to be at more risk of suffering from and dying from stroke. Studies indicate that patients that fail to take their medication on time have a more than two times risk of dying after few years of taking the prescribed medicine to control hypertension (Christensen, et al., 2009). A Mobile web app designed to alert patients to take their medication improves African American males’ self- management for medication adherence. It aids in chronic disease management by improving patients confidence in adhering to prescribed medication to control blood pressure. I selected the topic from the school suggestions of topics for clinical Scholarly Projects driven by personal passion for increased quality of life among hypertensive African Americans.
Non-adherence to hypertension medication is prevalent among African American men (Lewis, Schoenthhaler, & Ogedegbe, 2012).The rate of non-adherence is unacceptably high in black men even when they have similar access to care and income as compared with their white counterparts. Pharmacy refill studies that measure adherence also confirm that they have considerably low adherence compared to whites. This occurs despite African American males having a good understanding of the potential benefits of adherence and the risks that emanate from non-adherence (Lewis, Schoenthhaler, & Ogedegbe, 2012).
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A certain study indicates that between 1999 and 2004, 56 percent of African American men were accessing treatment for hypertension as compared to 60 percent of white men. It also indicates that out of these, only 30 percent of the black men had their blood pressure under control as compared to 39 percent of the white men. In the same period, there were more deaths resulting from hypertension among African American men compared to deaths among African American women and white men. The death rate was at over 30 African American men’s deaths, less than 30 African American women’s deaths and less than 15 white men’s deaths per every 100,000 deaths respectively (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010).
Owing to high rates of non-adherence to hypertension medication among African American males, incidents of death from heart disease and stroke is higher compared to incidents in white men. The CDC report indicates over four African American men’s deaths and less than two white men’s deaths in every 100000 heart disease related de...