Can non-physician health-care workers assess and manage cardiovascular risk in primary care?

Can non-physician health-care workers assess and manage cardiovascular risk in primary care?

OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the reliability of applying the WHO Cardiovascular Risk Management Package by non-physician health-care workers (NPHWs) in typical primary health-care settings. METHODS: Based on an a priori 80% agreement level between the NPHWs and the "expert" physicians (gold sta...

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Main Authors: Dele O Abegunde, Bakuti Shengelia, Anne Luyten, Alexandra Cameron, Francesca Celletti, Sania Nishtar, Vasu Pandurangi, Shanthi Mendis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862007000600009&lng=en&tlng=en

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