Role of community health volunteers in identifying people with elevated blood pressure for diagnosis and monitoring of hypertension in Malawi: a qualitative study

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Elvis Safary¹  Veronica Shiroya¹  Claudia Beiersmann¹  Caroline Mtaita¹  Volker Winkler¹  Andreas Deckert¹  Florian Neuhann²  Pratap Kumar³  Beatrice Matanje⁴  Micrina Mwandeti⁴  Sam Phiri⁵ 

[1] Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany;Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany;School of Medicine and Clinical Sciences, Levy Mwanawasa Medical University, Lusaka, Zambia;Institute of Healthcare Management, Strathmore University Business School, Nairobi, Kenya;Health-E-Net Limited, Nairobi, Kenya;Lighthouse Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi;Lighthouse Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi;Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA;Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA;School of Public Health and Family Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi;

关键词: Community health volunteer;    Hypertension;    Functions;    Roles;    Blood pressure;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12872-021-02171-7

来源: Springer

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