​​​Our Vision

Studies have proven that racial disparities are real and persistent in health care.

Kaiser Permanente and UCSF seek to close the disparity between blacks and whites in hypertension control and to better understand why stroke rates are rising in young adults. Specifically, Bring It Down seeks to:

• Test interventions for high blood pressure that are tailored to the black community, focusing on a diet and lifestyle intervention, and medication adherence;
  
• Study a large population of Kaiser Permanente patients to better understand the causes and risk factors for strokes in the young, as well as the causes for disparities in stroke risk;
• Analyze how adopting better prevention practices nationally would affect national stroke rates;
• Educate physicians at UCSF, Kaiser Permanente and community clinics about state-of-the-art practices for stroke prevention and the role of racial-ethic disparities in clinical practice;
• Rapidly disseminate the findings of these studies to community organizations that serve diverse populations in the San Francisco Bay Area.