Hypertension in Black Adult Women: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, each year, more African American women die from heart disease than breast cancer, lung cancer, and strokes. According to research, hypertension extends from lack of exercise, smoking, poor diet, and obesity. Moreover, many other contributing factors elevate blood pressure, such as stress, anxiety, trauma, environmental surroundings, and genetics. Stress influences blood pressure, which onsets through maladaptive coping, such as smoking, high alcohol consumption, poor diet, and poor lifestyle choices. How does stress affect Black women experiencing multidimensional stress, racial discrimination, and social disadvantage from daily irritants, which may continue to be a risk for high blood pressure?