A pilot study to evaluate home-based screening for the common non-communicable diseases by a dedicated cadre of community health workers in a rural setting in India

• Main Authors: Partha Basu (Author), Manoj Mahajan (Author), Nilesh Patira (Author), Sangita Prasad (Author), Sushma Mogri (Author), Richard Muwonge (Author), Eric Lucas (Author), Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan (Author), Swami Iyer (Author), Navami Naik (Author), Kirti Jain (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Population-based screening for the common non-communicable diseases (NCD) is recommended but is difficult to implement in the hard-to-reach areas of low resourced countries. The objective of our pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility and the efficacy of delivering NCD screen...