Impact evaluation of a community-based intervention for prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the slums of Nairobi: The SCALE-UP study

Global Health Action

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  van de Vijver, Steven ^a,b   Oti, Samuel Oji ^a,b   Gomez, Gabriela B ^b,c   Agyemang, Charles ^d   Egondi, Thaddaeus ^a   van Charante, Eric Moll ^d   Brewster, Lizzy M ^d   Hankins, Catherine ^b,c   Tanovic, Zlata ^e   Ezeh, Alex ^a   Kyobutungi, Catherine ^a   Stronks, Karien ^d  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Awareness; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Hypertension; Kenya; Prevention; Slum; Treatment; Urban poor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84969560234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.30922     Document Type: Article

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