Search
Now showing items 1-3 of 3
Challenges facing successful scaling up of effective screening for cardiovascular disease by community health workers in Mexico and South Africa: Policy implications
(iMED, 2016)
The integration of community health workers (CHWs) into primary and secondary
prevention functions in health programs and services delivery in Mexico and South
Africa has been demonstrated to be effective. Task-sharing ...
The prevalence of traditional herbal medicine use among hypertensives living in South African communities
(Biomedcentral, 2013)
BACKGROUND: In South Africa, over 6 million people are hypertensive and the burden of disease shows that cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death among adults. Although treatments exist, few people ...
Referral outcomes of individuals identified at high risk of cardiovascular disease by community health workers in Bangladesh, Guatemala, Mexico, and South Africa
(Taylor & Francis Open Access, 2015)
We have found that community health workers (CHWs) with appropriate training are able to
accurately identify people at high cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in the community who would benefit from
the introduction of ...