meetings were set up to retrieve the camera and follow-up appointments were made to discuss the photographs. The photos were developed immediately after the participants returned the cameras and were kept in the order they were taken by the participants. The researcher then met with the participants to discuss the photos. At these interviews, photographs were handed to the participants and they were asked which of the pictures best depicted: (a) the way they defined hypertension, (b) the way they managed hypertension, and (c) factors influencing their HTN management. Upon completion of the second interview, each participant received another $20 dollar gift card. Data Analysis Demographic questionnaire Version 17 of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software was used for the descriptive analysis of the data from the demographic questionnaire. Frequencies and percentages were calculated.
Participants’ Reports of How Work Influences Their Hypertension Management Participants’ accounts of how work influences their hypertension management were categorized into two themes: Working influences hypertension management at the individual level and work influences hypertension management at the system level. Subthemes at the individual level included co-worker dynamics, and maintenance of transmigrant life. Participants reported both positive and negative aspects of each of these categories. Subthemes at the system level included supervisor support, workload, work pace, and work hiring practices. Individual Level Influences: Co-Worker Dynamics Positive influences of co-worker dynamics on hypertension management Participants reported that their co-workers aided them in managing their hypertension by giving advice on remedies. Co-workers discussed choice of providers and exchanged culturally based remedies, such as lay, fey lougawou, fey zanmann, fey gwo neg, fey metsyen, to each other. These are herbs used among both Haitians living in Haiti and the United States to manage their hypertension. Because of the exchange of ideas and resources at the workplace, work reinforced the use of these non-Western approaches