Task shifting of frontline community health workers for cardiovascular risk reduction: design and rationale of a cluster randomised controlled trial (DISHA study) in India

• Main Authors: Panniyammakal Jeemon (Author), Gitanjali Narayanan (Author), Dimple Kondal (Author), Kashvi Kahol (Author), Ashok Bharadwaj (Author), Anil Purty (Author), Prakash Negi (Author), Sulaiman Ladhani (Author), Jyoti Sanghvi (Author), Kuldeep Singh (Author), Deksha Kapoor (Author), Nidhi Sobti (Author), Dorothy Lall (Author), Sathyaprakash Manimunda (Author), Supriya Dwivedi (Author), Gurudyal Toteja (Author), Dorairaj Prabhakaran (Author), On behalf of DISHA study investigators (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Effective task-shifting interventions targeted at reducing the global cardiovascular disease (CVD) epidemic in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are urgently needed. Methods DISHA is a cluster randomised controlled trial conducted across 10 sites (5 in phase 1 and 5 in phas...