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Literacy and motivation for the prevention and control of hypertension among female community health volunteers: a qualitative study from Nepal

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of hypertension is increasing in Nepal. Thus, there is a need for a programme to improve primary healthcare. One possibility is to assign prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hypertension to female community health volunteers (FCHVs). OBJECTIVE: To assess literacy and m...

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Autores principales:	Neupane, Dinesh, Mclachlan, Craig S., Gautam, Rupesh, Mishra, Shiva Raj, Thorlund, Michael, Schlütter, Mette, Kallestrup, Per
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Co-Action Publishing 2015
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683982/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26679406 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.28254

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