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Training community health workers to screen for cardiovascular disease risk in the community: experiences from Cape Town, South Africa

INTRODUCTION: This article describes a training process to equip community health workers (CHWs) with knowledge and skills to identify individuals at high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a township in Cape Town. METHODS: CHWs were employed by a non-governmental organisation (NGO) primarily...

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Autores principales:	Puoane, Thandi, Abrahams-Gessel, Shafika, Gaziano, Thomas A, Levitt, Naomi
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Clinics Cardive Publishing 2017
Materias:	Cardiovascular Topics
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5558132/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28759089 http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2016-077

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