Prevalence, determinants and systems-thinking approaches to optimal hypertension control in West Africa

Globalization and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Iwelunmor, Juliet ^a   Airhihenbuwa, Collins O ^b   Cooper, Richard ^c   Tayo, Bamidele ^c   Plange Rhule, Jacob ^d   Adanu, Richard ^e   Ogedegbe, Gbenga ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICA; AWARENESS; DISEASE CONTROL; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMS THINKING; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

WEST AFRICA;

AFRICA, WESTERN; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84902106804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-10-42     Document Type: Review

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