Effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention led by female community health volunteers versus usual care in blood pressure reduction (COBIN): an open-label, cluster-randomised trial

Introduction: Elevated blood pressure greatly contributes to cardiovascular deaths in low-income and middle-income countries. We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a population-level intervention led by existing community health workers in reducing the burden of hypertension in a low-income p...

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Main Authors: Dinesh Neupane, PhD, Craig S McLachlan, PhD, Shiva Raj Mishra, MPH, Prof Michael Hecht Olsen, PhD, Henry B Perry, PhD, Prof Arjun Karki, MD, Per Kallestrup, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X17304114