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.

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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 population.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Lancet Glob Health

Title: The Lancet. Global health

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 2214-109X

ISSN (Print): 2214-109X

Publication date (Electronic): January 2018

Volume: 6

Issue: 1

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[1 ] Center for Global Health, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address: dinesh.neupane@dukekunshan.edu.cn.

[2 ] Rural Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia.

[3 ] Nepal Development Society, Chitwan, Nepal.

[4 ] Department of Internal Medicine, Holbaek Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

[5 ] Department of International Health, Health Systems Program, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

[6 ] Department of Internal Medicine, Grande International Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.

[7 ] Center for Global Health, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

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Publisher Item ID: S2214-109X(17)30411-4

DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30411-4

PubMed ID: 29241617

SO-VID: fcfdcc89-135a-4111-a076-edd0de9ebac0

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