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Effectiveness of a Group-based Education and Monitoring Program Delivered by Community Health Workers to Improve Control of High Blood Pressure in Island Districts of Lake Victoria, Uganda, February-March 2022

2023-04-04

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<h4>Background: </h4> Individuals living in communities with poor access to healthcare may be unaware of their high blood pressure (BP). While the use of community health workers (CHWs) can address gaps in human resources for health, CHWs in Uganda have not been used previously for BP screening and management. We report the results of an initiative to train CHWs to evaluate BP and to administer group-based educati...

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10.21203/rs.3.rs-2613844/v1
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