Welcome to Pressure Check Norfolk

What is Hypertension?

High blood pressure also known as hypertension is the leading cause of heart disease and stroke. Lowering blood pressure should be easy, yet millions of people have uncontrolled blood pressure. We need new strategies to diagnose and treat hypertension so we can save lives and keep people healthy.

What is the Pressure Check study?

The Pressure Check study looks to determine the most effective care model for blood pressure control. We are partnering with community organizations and businesses, including churches, barbershops, beauty salons, and more to screen for hypertension and connect people with uncontrolled blood pressure into new care delivery models.

Study participants receive a home blood pressure monitor and are placed in one of three groups.

Referral to and care froma primary care provider

Referral to and care froma primary care provider
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Telehealth visits with a specializedblood pressure care team

Referral to and care froma primary care provider
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Telehealth visits with a specializedblood pressure care team
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Community health worker to supportmedical and social needs

Who is eligible to participate?

What is the timeline of the study?

What does being in the study look like?

Meet with a Pressure Check health advocate at one of our community-based organization (CBO) partners to measure your blood pressure.

Once eligible enrollment takes about 1 hour and we can answer any questions. You’ll receive a free blood pressure cuff, we will teach you how to take your blood pressure at home and you will receive a gift card for your time.

We will set you up with appointments with a care team based on which care group you are placed in.

You will measure your blood pressure at home at least three times a week for six months.

At your 6, 12, and 18 month visits you will meet with the study team to check in on your blood pressure and you will receive a gift card at each check in.

What are my responsibilities?

Daily monitoring: measure your BP twice a day in the morning and at night.

Follow-up visits: attend your appointments with your care team on time, every time. For the first 3 months, we will meet every 2 weeks, and then monthly after that until you reach 6 months.

Equipment return: keep the blood pressure cuff, but return all the other study materials at your final 6 month appointment.

Additional Information

Partnering Community Based Organizations

2nd Calvary Baptist Church
2940 Corprew Ave,
Norfolk, VA 23504

New Hope Church of God in Christ
3232 Brest Ave,
Norfolk VA 23509

The Mount Global Fellowship of Churches- 620 Baker Road, Virginia Beach VA 23462

Rehoboth Baptist Church
182 South Birdneck Road,
Va Beach, Va. 23451

Faith Deliverance Christian Center
1010 East 26th Street;
Norfolk, VA 23504

Historic First Baptist Church
418 East Bute Street,
Norfolk VA 23510

Ebeneezer Baptist Church
965 Baker Road,
Virginia Beach VA 23455

Gethsemane Baptist Church
5405 Roanoke Ave,
Newport News VA 23605

Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Temple
3100 Butternut Drive,
Hampton, VA 23666

New Beech Grove Baptist Church
361 Beechmont Dr,
Newport News, VA 23608

Food Pantries

Find more here: Food Pantries in Norfolk

Virginia Peninsula Foodbank
Offer different locations, and dates and times each month. Click here to access this months schedule:
website
The Salvation Army Food Pantry
5525 Raby Rd, Norfolk, Virginia 23502
Mon/Tues/Wed/Fri 1-3PM
757-965-9012
Love 757
9504 Selby Pl, Norfolk, VA 23503
9-11AM Fri
9-11AM first & third Sat
757-699-4110
Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church
1404 Pacific Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 9:30-11:30am
757-428-8547
The Gathering at Scott Memorial United Methodist Church (UMC)
409 First Colonial Road
Wednesday, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
757-428-3720

Medical Assistance

Services Provided by Sentara: website

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
600 Gresham Dr, Norfolk, VA 23507
(757) 388-3000

Housing & Shelters

Union Mission Ministries
5100 E Virginia Beach Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23502
Open 24 hours a day
(757) 627-8686
website
Judeo-Christian Outreach Center
104 N. Witchduck Road in Virginia Beach
Mon, Tue, Thu and Fri 7:30 AM – 11:30 AM and 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM; Wed, 7:00 AM – 11:30 AM
757.491.2846
website
Norfolk Redevelopment And Housing Authority (NRHA)
555 E. Main St., Norfolk, Virginia 23510
Mon-Fri: 08:00 am - 04:00 pm
(757) 623-1111
website
Housing Crisis Hotline (Managed by ForKids, Inc.)
(757) 587-4202
Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Energy Assistance

City of Virgina Beach Human Services
3432 Virginia Beach Blvd, Virginia Beach, VA 23452
(757) 385-6700
website

Norfolk Team

Dr. John Brush (Co-Principal Investigator)

Dr. Brush (MD) is the Chief Research Officer for the Sentara Health, a large regional health system in Virginia and North Carolina. He has maintained an interest in cardiovascular outcomes research and has led quality improvement initiatives at the local, state, and national level.

Dr. Michael Charles (Co-Investigator)

Dr. Charles (MD) is the Executive Medical Director for the new Sentara Community Care Program, a new delivery model to help care for the uninsured and underserved across Virginia.

Dr. Charles F. Lovell, Jr., (Community Co-Investigator)

Dr. Lovell (MD, FACP) is the founder and Principal Investigator at York Clinical Research, LLC and has been an investigative site for over 100 clinical trials over the 23 years of the site’s existence. He is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at EVMS and serves on the Community Faculty.

Dr. Keith Newby (Community Co-Investigator)

Dr. Keith H. Newby is a cardiology specialist in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. Newby grew up in Hampton Roads, earned his undergraduate degree from Norfolk State University and his medical degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School. He has been in practice for more than 30 years. Dr. Newby is also the President and CEO of the James E Newby Jr MD foundation designed to promote health and wellness through education and engagement, health equity and research.

Iris Lundy (Community Co-Investigator)

Leanne Gordon (Nurse Practitioner)

Veda Byrd (Research Coordinator)

Nakia Epps (Health Advocate)

Contact Us

Please reach out to learn more about the study or to find out how to become a partner or participant of the project.