Landscape of team-based care to manage hypertension: results from two surveys in low/middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Team-based care is essential for improving hypertension outcomes in low-resource settings. We assessed perceptions of country representatives and healthcare workers (HCWs) on team-based hypertension care in low/middle-income countries.

Design

Two cross-sectional surveys.

Setting

The first survey (Country Profile Survey) was conducted in 17 countries and eight in-country regions: Algeria, Bangladesh, Burundi, Chile, China (Beijing, Henan, Shandong), Cuba, Ethiopia, India (Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Telangana), Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Saint Lucia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda and Vietnam. The second survey (HCW Survey) was conducted in four countries: Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia and Nigeria.

Participants

Using convenience

SUBMITTER: Ogungbe O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10373743 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature