A Qualitative Exploration of Primary Care Clinicians’ Perceptions of Hypertensive Black Patients

Participants viewed Black patients as having greater challenges with hypertension control due to factors that were seen as being indiscriminately assumed of these patients, potentially resulting in reduced clinician engagement. As such, clinicians must balance their knowledge of population-level disparities with an individualized approach to patient care. To reduce stereotyping of Black patients, it is crucial to pay closer attention to how population-level differences are discussed and applied.