Understanding and Motivations of Female Community Health Volunteers About Blood Pressure Control: A Prerequisite for Developing Community-Based Hypertension Interventions in Nepal

Global Heart

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 227-232

  Neupane, Dinesh ^a   McLachlan, Craig S ^b   Mishra, Shiva R ^c   Kallestrup, Per ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Nepal Development Society ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FAT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FAT INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEPAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT INTAKE; SMOKING; WORK EXPERIENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VOLUNTEER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VOLUNTEERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019721595     PISSN: 22118160     EISSN: 22118179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2016.09.003     Document Type: Article

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