The effect of youths as change agents on cardiovascular disease risk factors among adult neighbours: a cluster randomised controlled trial in Sri Lanka

• Main Authors: Nadeeka Chandraratne (Author), Miwa Yamaguchi (Author), Susantha Indrawansa (Author), Nalika Gunawardena (Author), Keisuke Kuwahara (Author), Zobida Islam (Author), Yohei Kawasaki (Author), Tetsuya Mizoue (Author), Diyanath Samarasinghe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Mobilising non-professional health workers has been successful in improving community health, but the effectiveness of an education program targeting youths in a community-based approach remains unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of an intervention...