Authors: Charles Batte, John Mukisa, Natalie Rykiel, David Mukunya, William Checkley, Felix Knauf, Robert Kalyesubula, Trishul Siddharthan
The growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) threatens to undermine the global progress that has been made to manage the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Hypertension (HTN) is the most common NCD and its prevalence among PLWHA has doubled over the past decade. However, knowledge of the complications and management of hypertension among PLWHA in Uganda remains low. This study looks at the acceptability of implementing hypertension (HTN) specific health education by community health workers (CHWs) among PLWHA in rural Uganda and found participants believed CHWs utilized easy-to-understand language during education delivery that aided in faster communication and had more time to explain illness than medical doctors had.
Link: Acceptability of patient-centered hypertension education delivered by community health workers among people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda
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Resource Topic: Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Education, HIV and AIDS, Hypertension
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2021
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: Uganda
Publisher May Restrict Access: No