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Impact of community education on heat-related health outcomes and heat literacy among low-income communities in Karachi, Pakistan: a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Extreme heat exposure is a growing public health concern. In this trial, we tested the impact of a community health worker (CHW) led heat education programme on all-cause mortality, unplanned hospital visits and changes in knowledge and practices in Karachi, Pakistan. METHODS: The Heat E...

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Autores principales: Razzak, Junaid Abdul, Agrawal, Priyanka, Chand, Zaheer, Quraishy, Saadia, Ghaffar, Abdul, Hyder, Adnan A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8804631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35101860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006845