Journal article
Cardiovascular risk factor reduction by community health workers in rural India: A cluster randomized trial
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is a need to identify and test low-cost approaches for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction that can enable health systems to achieve such a strategy.
OBJECTIVE: Community health workers (CHWs) are an integral part of health-care delivery system in lower income countries. Our aim was to assess impact of CHW based interventions in reducing CVD risk factors in rural households in India.
Authors
Joshi R; Agrawal T; Fathima F; Usha T; Thomas T; Misquith D; Kalantri S; Chidambaram N; Raj T; Singamani A
Journal
American Heart Journal, Vol. 216, , pp. 9–19
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 2019
DOI
10.1016/j.ahj.2019.06.007
ISSN
0002-8703