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Health professionals recognize national hypertension control disparities by ancestry but perceive them less in their own practices. They attribute these differences mainly to patient factors, highlighting a need for increased provider awareness and education.

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  • Public Health
  • Health Disparities
  • Medical Education

Background:

  • Addressing disparities in hypertension control by patient ancestry requires health professional engagement.
  • Understanding health professionals' perceptions of these disparities is crucial but understudied.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore health professionals' awareness, beliefs, and suggested interventions regarding hypertension control disparities by ancestry.
  • To investigate how proximity to patient care influences perceptions of these disparities.

Main Methods:

  • A mixed-methods study combining online surveys and in-depth interviews with health professionals in the Netherlands.
  • Utilized snowball sampling to recruit 77 survey respondents and 13 interviewees.

Main Results:

  • While 83% perceived national disparities in hypertension control by ancestry, only 56% perceived them among their own patients.
  • Professionals predominantly attributed disparities to patient-level factors, not provider-level issues.
  • Suggested interventions included collecting patient ancestry data, updating guidelines, and professional training.

Conclusions:

  • Health professionals' awareness of hypertension control disparities by ancestry is lower in their immediate clinical settings.
  • Perceptions of disparities are heavily influenced by patient-level factors.
  • Addressing these disparities necessitates incorporating health professionals' viewpoints and enhancing their education and awareness.