Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Health Literacy Intervention for Korean Americans With High Blood Pressure (HBP)
Brief Summary: Many Korean Americans are at risk for developing high blood pressure. Low health literacy levels may play a role in this risk. The purpose of this study is to evaluate a literacy-focused program aimed at reducing blood pressure levels in older Korean Americans.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Self-identifies as a first-generation Korean American
* Systolic blood pressure greater than 140 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure greater than 90 mm Hg OR currently on medication to treat high blood pressure
* Access to a telephone

Exclusion Criteria:

* Current participation in another clinical trial
* Acute and/or terminal medical condition that would make study participation difficult (e.g., terminal cancer, acute heart attack)
* Psychiatric diagnosis that would make study participation difficult (e.g., schizophrenia, cognitive impairment)
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* English-speaking older adults (≥55 years)
* ≥ 2 chronic illnesses determined by International Classification of Diseases-9 (ICD-9) codes
* ≥ 2 visits with an outpatient primary care clinician at San Francisco General Hospital in the past year
* ≥2 additional outpatient/inpatient visits to San Francisco General Hospital in the past year

Exclusion Criteria:

* deaf, blind, or demented as determined by ICD-9 codes
* too mentally or physically ill to participate as determined by their clinicians
* Moderate or severe cognitive impairment as determined by the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ), and mild cognitive impairment as determined by the SPMSQ plus an abnormal Mini-Cog
* self-reported poor vision and inability to see the words on a newspaper
* lack of a telephone
* traveling or moving out of the area for ≥3 months during the study follow- up period
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* African American/Black or Latino/Hispanic race/ethnicity
* HIV diagnosed for at least 6 months (HIV status confirmed with medical documentation)
* Has not taken antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the past 6 weeks (the period of time assessed by hair assay, and a reasonable period of time not on ART for the present study)
* Sub-optimal engagement in HIV care (assessed from the medical record, defined as less than 1 visit in every 4-mo. period in the past year \[two of them at least 90 days apart\], pro-rated for those diagnosed less than a year ago) or \> 2 missed visits (without prior cancellation) in the past year
* Reside in the New York City (NYC) metropolitan area
* Not planning to leave the NYC metropolitan area in next year
* Not actively psychotic based on screening instrument
* Not a participant in the preliminary pilot HTH R34 study
* Able to conduct research activities in English or Spanish
* Willing to provide hair sample (if possible), blood samples (to assess CD4, VL), and Medical Report Form (\[MRF\]; to assess health care attendance) at screening
* Willing to participate in a Core intervention session and be randomly assigned to 1-5 intervention components.

Exclusion Criteria:

NONE SEE ABOVE
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* foreign-born Asian American adults
* 18 years of age and older
* unprotected (HbsAg-/HbsAb-)

Exclusion Criteria:

None

Answer: A