A pilot study to evaluate home-based screening for the common non-communicable diseases by a dedicated cadre of community health workers in a rural setting in India

A pilot study to evaluate home-based screening for the common non-communicable diseases by a dedicated cadre of community health workers in a rural setting in India

Abstract Background Population-based screening for the common non-communicable diseases (NCD) is recommended but is difficult to implement in the hard-to-reach areas of low resourced countries. The objective of our pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility and the efficacy of delivering NCD screen...

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Main Authors: Partha Basu, Manoj Mahajan, Nilesh Patira, Sangita Prasad, Sushma Mogri, Richard Muwonge, Eric Lucas, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, Swami Iyer, Navami Naik, Kirti Jain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Non-communicable disease
screening
hypertension
diabetes
cancer
self-collection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-6350-4

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