Some research provided robust analyses of the affected population s ’ health inequities and demonstrated how a task shifting intervention redressed those concerns .
Introduction Task shifting interventions have been implemented to improve health and address health inequities .
Little is known about how inequity and vulnerability are defined and measured in research on task shifting .
We conducted a systematic review to identify how inequity and vulnerability are identified , defined and measured in  task shifting research from high-income countries .
A Randomized Community-based Intervention Trial Comparing Faith Community Nurse Referrals to Telephone-Assisted Physician Appointments for Health Fair Participants with Elevated Blood Pressure
OBJECTIVE To measure the effect of faith community nurse referrals versus telephone-assisted physician appointments on blood pressure control among persons with elevated blood pressure at health fairs . METHODS R and omized community-based intervention trial conducted from October 2006 to October 2007 of 100 adults who had an average blood pressure reading equal to or above a systolic of 140 mm Hg or a diastolic of 90 mm Hg obtained at a faith community nurse-led church health event . Participants were r and omized to either referral to a faith community nurse or to a telephone-assisted physician appointment .  The average enrollment systolic blood pressure ( SBP ) was 149 ± 14 mm Hg , diastolic blood pressure ( DBP ) was 87 ± 11 mm Hg , 57 % were uninsured and 25 % were undiagnosed at the time of enrollment . RESULTS The follow-up rate was 85 % at 4 months . Patients in the faith community nurse referral arm had a 7 ± 15 mm Hg drop in SBP versus a 14 ± 15 mm Hg drop in the telephone-assisted physician appointment arm ( p = 0.04 ) . Twenty-seven percent of the patients in the faith community nurse referral arm had medication intensification compared to 32 % in the telephone-assisted physician appointment arm ( p = 0.98 ) . CONCLUSIONS Church health fairs conducted in low-income , multiethnic communities can identify many people with elevated blood pressure . Facilitating physician appointments for people with elevated blood pressure identified at health fairs confers a greater decrease in SBP than referral to a faith community nurse at four months
Some research provided robust analyses of the affected population s ’ health inequities and demonstrated how a task shifting intervention redressed those concerns .
Introduction Task shifting interventions have been implemented to improve health and address health inequities .
Little is known about how inequity and vulnerability are defined and measured in research on task shifting .
We conducted a systematic review to identify how inequity and vulnerability are identified , defined and measured in  task shifting research from high-income countries .