Development of a curriculum to educate religious leaders about blood pressure using community-based participatory research and educational theory in Mwanza, Tanzania.

ABSTRACT: Hypertension is a leading cause of premature mortality in Tanzania, but low trust and awareness of biomedical healthcare and prioritization of spiritual over physical health hinders uptake of care. Religious leaders are highly respected community members and are eager to collaborate with health professionals. Few community health worker training programs utilize evidence-based pedagogical recommendations in combination with theology specific to their students' backgrounds. Our team of health research professionals and religious leaders developed a curriculum to teach local religious leaders to address and screen their communities for hypertension.We use a Community Based Participatory Research framework and evidence-based educational strategies (Kern's framework for medical education, Bloo

SUBMITTER: Cohen EY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11837377 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature