The Effectiveness of Community Health Workers for CVD Prevention in LMIC

Global Heart

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 233-243.e6

  Khetan, Aditya K ^a   Purushothaman, Raghunandan ^b   Chami, Tarek ^a   Hejjaji, Vittal ^a   Madan Mohan, Sri Krishna ^a   Josephson, Richard A ^a   Webel, Allison R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DISEASE BURDEN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; POVERTY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POVERTY;

EID: 85008192065     PISSN: 22118160     EISSN: 22118179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2016.07.001     Document Type: Review

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