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Principles for task shifting hypertension and diabetes screening and referral: a qualitative study exploring patient, community health worker and healthcare professional perceptions in rural Uganda

BACKGROUND: A shortage of healthcare workers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) combined with a rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like hypertension and diabetes mellitus has resulted in increasing gaps in care delivery for NCDs. As community health workers (CHWs) often play...

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Autores principales: Ingenhoff, Rebecca, Munana, Richard, Weswa, Ivan, Gaal, Julia, Sekitoleko, Isaac, Mutabazi, Hillary, Bodnar, Benjamin E., Rabin, Tracy L., Siddharthan, Trishul, Kalyesubula, Robert, Knauf, Felix, Nalwadda, Christine K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10176286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37173687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15704-w