Clinical Trial: Community Health Worker Support to Lower Blood Pressure After a Pregnancy With High Blood Pressure

U.S., Aug. 22 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07778966) titled 'Community Health Worker Support to Lower Blood Pressure After a Pregnancy With High Blood Pressure' on Aug. 18.

Brief Summary: High blood pressure during or after pregnancy (such as preeclampsia, gestational hypertension, eclampsia, or HELLP syndrome) raises a mother's risk of heart disease later in life. Many patients do not return for follow-up care after delivery, missing a key window to protect their heart health. The Alabama Womb to Heart Solution (AW2H) trial will test whether pairing postpartum patients with a trained community health worker (CHW) for 6 months lowers blood pressure compared with usual care.

A total of 174 po...