Evaluating linkage to care for hypertension after community-based screening in rural Uganda

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 459-468

  Kotwani, Prashant ^a,b   Balzer, Laura ^c   Kwarisiima, Dalsone ^b   Clark, Tamara D ^a,b   Kabami, Jane ^b   Byonanebye, Dathan ^b   Bainomujuni, Bob ^b   Black, Douglas ^a,b   Chamie, Gabriel ^a,b   Jain, Vivek ^a,b   Thirumurthy, Harsha ^d   Kamya, Moses R ^b,e   Geng, Elvin H ^a,b   Petersen, Maya L ^c   Havlir, Diane V ^a,b   Charlebois, Edwin D ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based screening; Evaluation; Hypertension; Rural; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE CLASS; ALCOHOL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERTENSION; PREDICTION; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; TOBACCO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPORIATRICS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SENESCENCE; TOBACCO USE; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; FEE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; HEALTH; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; LIFESTYLE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

UGANDA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTION FEES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH; TRANSPORTATION; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897383119     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12273     Document Type: Article

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