Effectiveness of a community-based education and peer support led by women’s self-help groups in improving the control of hypertension in urban slums of Kerala, India: a cluster randomised controlled pragmatic trial

Background With less than 20% of people with hypertension achieving their target blood pressure (BP) goals, uncontrolled hypertension remains a major public health problem in India. We conducted a study to assess the effectiveness of a community-based education and peer support programme led by wome...

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Main Authors: Rajani Ved, Goodarz Danaei, Donna Spiegelman, Jaideep C Menon, Rakesh P Suseela, Renjini Balakrishnan Ambika, Sreelakshmi Mohandas, Mathews Numpelil, Beena K Vasudevan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022-11-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/11/e010296.full