Exploring educational inequalities in hypertension control, salt knowledge and awareness, and patient advice: insights from the WHO STEPS surveys of adults from nine Eastern European and Central Asian countries

Exploring educational inequalities in hypertension control, salt knowledge and awareness, and patient advice: insights from the WHO STEPS surveys of adults from nine Eastern European and Central Asian countries

Abstract Objective: To inform strategies aimed at improving blood pressure (BP) control and reducing salt intake, we assessed educational inequalities in high blood pressure (HBP) awareness, treatment and control; physician’s advice on salt reduction; and salt knowledge, perceptions and consumptio...

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Main Authors: Katerina Maximova, Enrique Loyola Elizondo, Holly Rippin, João Breda, Francesco P Cappuccio, Morteza Hajihosseini, Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Irina Novik, Vital Pisaryk, Lela Sturua, Ainura Akmatova, Galina Obreja, Saodat Azimzoda Mustafo, Banu Ekinci, Toker Erguder, Shukhrat Shukurov, Gahraman Hagverdiyev, Diana Andreasyan, Carina Ferreira-Borges, Nino Berdzuli, Stephen Whiting, Natalia Fedkina, Ivo Rakovac
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-12-01
Series:Public Health Nutrition
Subjects:
Hypertension control
Salt knowledge and perceptions
Salt consumption behaviours
Educational inequalities
Physician’s advice
WHO STEPS
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1368980023000356/type/journal_article

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