Literacy and motivation for the prevention and control of hypertension among female community health volunteers: A qualitative study from Nepal

Global Health Action

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Neupane, Dinesh ^a   Mclachlan, Craig S ^b   Gautam, Rupesh ^c   Mishra, Shiva Raj ^d   Thorlund, Michael ^e   Schlütter, Mette ^a   Kallestrup, Per ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Nepal Development Society ^*  (Nepal)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Female community health volunteer; Focus group discussion; Health literacy; Hypertension; Nepal; Prevention; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEPAL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VOLUNTEER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEPAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VOLUNTEERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975254720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.28254     Document Type: Article

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