#Parental #Nonadherence to #Health #Policy Recommendations for #Prevention of #COVID19 #Transmission Among #Children. In this survey study of US parents, one-quarter engaged in misrepresentation or nonadherence regarding PHMs for their children. The most common reason was to #preserve #parental #autonomy. Additional reasons included wanting to resume a #NormaLlife for their child and the inability to miss work or other responsibilities, among other reasons. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2802004

So nothing new here.

Hypertension affects 116 million adults in the US and > 1 billion adults worldwide and is a leading cause of CVD morbidity and mortality.

-Optimal BP goal for adults < 130/80 mm Hg for <65

-Optimal BP for > 65 is SBP <130 mm Hg without regard to DBP.

-First-line therapy for #HTN is #lifestyle modification

-First-line drugs are thiazides, ACE, ARB, CCB

-#nonadherence rate is 31.0%. It don't work if they don't take it

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2798165?guestAccessKey=63c5425a-db9f-4a37-8fb2-83bce59c5805