A community-driven hypertension treatment group in rural Honduras

• Hauptverfasser: Sheridan Reiger (VerfasserIn), Jeffrey R. Harris (VerfasserIn), Kwun Chuen Gary Chan (VerfasserIn), Hector Lopez Oqueli (VerfasserIn), Marlana Kohn (VerfasserIn)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Taylor & Francis Group, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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Background: We formed a self-funded hypertension treatment group in a resource-poor community in rural Honduras. After training community health workers and creating protocols for standardized treatment, we used group membership fees to maintain the group, purchase generic medications in bulk on the...