Hypertension Care Coordination and Feasibility of Involving Female Community Health Volunteers in Hypertension Management in Kavre District, Nepal: A Qualitative Study

• Main Authors: Jingru Tan (Author), Hanzhang Xu (Author), Qiping Fan (Author), Olivia Neely (Author), Rinchen Doma (Author), Rishika Gundi (Author), Binjwala Shrestha (Author), Abha Shrestha (Author), Shrinkhala Shrestha (Author), Biraj Karmacharya (Author), Wanbing Gu (Author), Truls Østbye (Author), Lijing L. Yan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Hypertension and related complications are major contributors to morbidity and mortality in Nepal. Community health workers have been proposed as promising health cadres to meet the growing healthcare demand for non-communicable disease management in other developing countries. Objective...