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Anderson B, Buta K, Crane D, Deming S, Erzuah NAA, Farrell C, Jacobson J, Johnston JW, Scorcia-Wilson T. 2016. 2016 Michigan assessment of blood pressure and diabetes screening practices among oral health professionals. Lansing, MI: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Oral Health, 20 pp., exec. summ. (2 pp.)

Annotation: This report presents findings from a survey of dentists in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio to assess practices related to client screening for high blood pressure (BP) and diabetes and referrals to primary care health professionals. Topics include the geographic representation of respondents based on zip codes; the respondents' role in practice, type of practice, and number of years in practice; and comparison of screening for high BP and diabetes based on years in service, comfort level with screening, and parameters for referral. Recommendations for next steps are included. A summary report is also available.

Keywords: Blood pressure determination, Diabetes, High blood pressure, Oral health, Referrals, Risk assessment, Screening, Work force

Menard S. 1999. San Antonio Biethnic Children's Blood Pressure Study: [Final report]. San Antonio, TX: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 38 pp.

Annotation: This study evaluated blood pressures in biethnic (non-Hispanic white and Mexican-American) children, kindergarten through 12th grade, using the auscultatory method (with the cuff selected by the American Heart Association recommendation) and the oscillometric method. Thee study resulted in normative blood pressure (BP) standards for both methods, produced conversion factors between BP levels obtained by the two methods; provided, for the first time, reliable normative BP levels in Mexican-American children and provided information on ethnic differences, in BP levels; and helped to determine relationships between BP levels and other variables such as age, gender, and weight. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Blood Pressure Determination, Hispanics, Hypertension, MCH Research, Mexicans, Research

Menard S. 1999. San Antonio Triethnic Children's Blood Pressure Study: [Final report]. San Antonio, TX: University of Texas, 38 pp.

Annotation: The purpose of this study was to develop normative BP data for African-American children and adolescents and to combine those data with data from a previous study in order to acquire normative BP data from three ethnic groups: Mexican Americans, African Americans, and whites. The study evaluated blood pressure (BP) in African-American children, using auscultatory and oscillometric methods. Anthropometric measures, triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness measures, three BP measures for each method of measurement (in a rotational sequence), and a dietary history were obtained for each student. A mean BP, standard deviation, and percentile values for each group by age, ethnicity, and gender were calculated for auscultatory and Dinamap values. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Blacks, Blood Pressure Determination, Hispanics, Hispanics, MCH Research, Mexicans, Mexicans, Research
   

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