Effectiveness of Community Health Workers in the Care of People with Hypertension

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 435-447

  Brownstein, J Nell ^a   Chowdhury, Farah M ^a   Norris, Susan L ^b   Horsley, Tanya ^a   Jack Jr , Leonard ^c   Zhang, Xuanping ^a   Satterfield, Dawn ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SOCIAL WORK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN POPULATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247544370     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.01.011     Document Type: Review

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