Evaluation of the effect of the introduction of a hypertension club on the management of hypertension at a community health centre in the Cape Town Metropole

South African Family Practice

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-147

  Slingers, N ^a   De Villiers, P J T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases blood pressure; Hypertension club; Management; Mitchell's Plain Community Health Centre

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; URINALYSIS;

EID: 66949149382     PISSN: 20786190     EISSN: 20786204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2009.10873830     Document Type: Article

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