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Obviously, the articles were created for different audiences, and for different purposes. The Ebony article assumes the reader has a basic knowledge of hypertension, while the AAFP article understands the physician has the knowledge, which is why it goes into much greater detail to help the healthcare professional solve problems. It does not need to educate, it needs to create solutions to problems physicians face every day.
Finally, both these articles are quite useful to the people they were geared to help. The AAFP article is quite helpful for anyone in the healthcare profession, and gives concrete information the physician, nurse, and clinician can use in their day-to-day interaction with patients, especially if they serve a large portion of the black community. While the information is geared to the black community, there are similarities in the disease in anyone who suffers from hypertension, and so the information applies to just about anyone. This article also helps physicians decide what medication to use to manage or reduce hypertension, gives good information on what...
The Ebony article is a simple introduction to the disease, and would be helpful for a layperson who suspects they might have hypertension, or even more helpful to someone suffering from hypertension who is worried about kidney damage, because the article notes new studies show that the disease is controllable and that "The results of this trial will significantly improve the health of thousands of African-Americans who suffer from kidney disease due to hypertension" ("Hypertension," 2003, p. 64). Thus, both articles are quite useful to their intended audiences, but perhaps not as useful if their audiences were reversed.
References
Hall, W. Dallas, M.D. (July 1999). A Rational Approach to the Treatment of Hypertension in Special Populations. Retrieved from the American Academy of Family Physicians Web site: http://www.aafp.org/afp/990700ap/156.html1 June 2005.
Hypertension. (2003, July). Ebony, 58, 64.
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