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ALLHAT / JNC 7 Dissemination
About the Dissemination Project
With active participation and financial support from the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute, an initiative to increase awareness of and commitment to
the ALLHAT results and JNC7 guidelines was implemented. Several strategies were
selected for dissemination of the messages:
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About 150 ALLHAT Investigator Educators disseminated the ALLHAT/JNC7 messages
to 18,905 practitioner colleagues in 45 states and Washington, DC.
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Patients were informed regarding the ALLHAT/JNC7 messages and encouraged to
discuss the messages in their encounters with their health care providers.
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Formulary Medical Directors and others who influence use of prescription
medications in formulary systems were contacted in order to increase awareness
of the ALLHAT results and JNC7 recommendations.
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Twenty-two professional associations were contacted and encouraged to
facilitate the provision of our ALLHAT/JNC7 messages to 135,000 association
members who are health care providers.
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