Health practitioners' state of knowledge and challenges to effective management of hypertension at primary level

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 186-190

  Parker, A ^a   Nagar, B ^a   Thomas, G ^a   Badri, M ^a   Ntusi, N B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Challenges to healthcare; Hypertension; Primary healthcare; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ENALAPRIL; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052204921     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2010-066     Document Type: Article

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