Prevention and effective control of high blood pressure is critical, and hypertension management is often diffi cult even with intensive pharmacological therapy. Although the majority of adults with hypertension, over 74 million in the United States, including over two million new cases per year, are given prescription medications to control high levels of blood pressure, many have not reduced their blood pressure to less than 140/90 mmHg [ 17 ]. Shimbo et al. [ 29 ] suggest that once hypertension is resistant, requiring upwards to fi ve antihypertensive agents, nonpharmacological treatment alone is almost always not effective. Nevertheless, the effectiveness of therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC) can be substantial, with varying estimates for blood pressure reductions with TLC reported in The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure guidelines (JNC 7,[ 5 ]). Previous comprehensive reviews have documented the effi cacy of TLC, barriers to lifestyle changes, and strategies to overcome barriers in African Americans [ 25 ]. This previously published comprehensive review of effective TLC for control of blood pressures illustrated the need for systematic coordination of patient, provider, and community roles. Moreover, this report illustrates the relationship of salient factors associated with barriers to behavior change which impact sustained effects of TLC in African Americans.