Hypertension in a rural community in South Africa: what they know, what they think they know and what they recommend

• Main Authors: Vita W. Jongen (Author), Samanta T. Lalla-Edward (Author), Alinda G. Vos (Author), Noortje G. Godijk (Author), Hugo Tempelman (Author), Diederick E. Grobbee (Author), Walter Devillé (Author), Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hypertension is one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular disease and has a high prevalence in South Africa and other low- and middle-income countries. However, awareness of hypertension has been reported to be low. Health programmes can increase awareness of hype...