Community Health Centers Caring for Adults With Hypertension and Diabetes

Abstract

Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) play a special role in caring for 30 million adults and children in low-income urban and rural communities in the US. 1 These communities often have high rates of chronic health conditions, such as hypertension and diabetes. Without high-quality primary care that includes regular screening and monitoring, guidance on lifestyle modifications, and use of effective medications to control blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol levels, hypertension and diabetes can often lead to myriad complications, including coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, cerebrovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, peripheral arterial disease, dementia, retinopathy, and neuropathy.Author affiliations and article information are listed at the end of this article.