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Lay community perceptions and treatment options for hypertension in rural northern Ghana: a qualitative analysis

OBJECTIVE: Adherence to hypertension treatment is a major public health challenge for low and middle-income countries particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. One potential reason could be the discordance between lay and medical explanatory models of hypertension and its treatment. Understanding communit...

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Autores principales:	Nyaaba, Gertrude Nsorma, Masana, Lina, Aikins, Ama de-Graft, Stronks, Karien, Agyemang, Charles
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BMJ Publishing Group 2018
Materias:	Public Health
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6278795/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30498042 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023451

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