Authors: Gamage, Dilan Giguruwa; Riddell, Michaela A.; Joshi, Rohina; Thankappan, Kavumpurathu R.; Chow, Clara K.; Oldenburg, Brian; Evans, Roger G.; Mahal, Ajay S.; Kalyanram, Kartik; Kartik, Kamakshi; Suresh, Oduru; Thomas, Nihal; Mini, Gomathyamma K.; Maulik, Pallab K.; Srikanth, Velandai K.; Arabshahi, Simin; Varma, Ravi P.; Guggilla, Rama K.; D'Esposito, Fabrizio; Sathish, Thirunavukkarasu; Alim, Mohammed; Thrift, Amanda G.
Low- and middle-income countries experience high cases of preventable diseases like hypertension, in part due to a limited supply of trained physicians. Dilan Gamage and his colleagues examined whether CHWs could help improve hypertension management in rural India. CHW training in hypertension management enabled an additional 20% of participants to obtain blood pressure control.
Link: Effectiveness of a scalable group-based education and monitoring program, delivered by health workers, to improve control of hypertension in rural India: A cluster randomised controlled trial.
Resource Topic: NON Communicable Diseases/NCD, Prevention
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2020
Region: Asia
Country: India
Publisher May Restrict Access: No