Referral outcomes of individuals identified at high risk of cardiovascular disease by community health workers in Bangladesh, Guatemala, Mexico, and South Africa

Global Health Action

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Levitt, Naomi S ^a,b   Puoane, Thandi ^a,c   Denman, Catalina A ^d   Abrahams Gessel, Shafika ^e   Surka, Sam ^a   Mendoza, Carlos ^f   Khanam, Masuma ^g,h   Alam, Sartaj ^e   Gaziano, Thomas A ^e  

^a Chronic Diseases Initiative in Africa   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d ElEcolegio de   (Mexico)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^h INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cardiovascular risk assessment; Community health workers; Guatemala; Low middle income countries; Mexico; Referral outcomes; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEXICO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

BANGLADESH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEXICO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84930681836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.26318     Document Type: Article

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