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Preliminary efficacy of a community health worker homebased intervention for the control and management of hypertension in Kiambu County, Kenya- A randomized control trial

2023-10-24

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In Sub Saharan Africa, there is a growing burden of non-communicable diseases, which poses a big challenge to the weak health system in these resource-limited settings. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a community health workers (CHW) home-based lifestyle interventions to improve blood pressure (BP) control and body composition among hypertensive patients in low-in...

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242c03cc-22d6-5248-b4ff-70857fd69a0c
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10.1101/2023.10.20.23297308
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