Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1203-1210

  Awuah, Raphael B ^a   Anarfi, John K ^a   Agyemang, Charles ^b   Ogedegbe, Gbenga ^c   De Graft Aikins, Ama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accra; awareness; control; hypertension; prevalence; treatment; urban poor

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900419827     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000165     Document Type: Article

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