The training and fieldwork experiences of community health workers conducting population-based, noninvasive screening for CVD in LMIC

Global Heart

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 45-54

  Abrahams Gessel, Shafika ^a   Denman, Catalina A ^b   Montano, Carlos Mendoza ^c   Gaziano, Thomas A ^a,d   Levitt, Naomi ^e,f   Rivera Andrade, Alvaro ^c   Carrasco, Diana Munguía ^b   Zulu, Jabu ^g   Khanam, Masuma Akter ^h,i   Puoane, Thandi ^g  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b El Colegio de Sonora   (Mexico)

^c Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^h INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FIELD WORK; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SOCIAL WELFARE; STAFF TRAINING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84924203905     PISSN: 22118160     EISSN: 22118179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2014.12.008     Document Type: Article

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