Task shifting interventions for cardiovascular risk reduction in low-income and middle-income countries: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Ogedegbe, Gbenga ^a,b   Gyamfi, Joyce ^a   Plange Rhule, Jacob ^c   Surkis, Alisa ^d   Rosenthal, Diana Margot ^a   Airhihenbuwa, Collins ^e   Iwelunmor, Juliet ^f   Cooper, Richard ^g  

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

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^g LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIDDLE INCOME; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TASK SHIFTING STRATEGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COUNSELING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WORKLOAD;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COUNSELING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84908129613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005983     Document Type: Article

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