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Effects of a school-based intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors among secondary school students: a cluster randomized controlled trial

2019-07-02

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Globally, cardiovascular disease (CVD) was responsible for 17.5 million deaths, accounting for 46.2% non-communicable disease deaths. In Ghana CVDs has been the leading cause of adult death since 2001. Prevalence of CVD risk factors among adolescents in Ghana has been increasing. Objective of this study was to develop, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of a health educ...

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10.21203/rs.2.10814/v1
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