Understanding community health workers' readiness to provide hyperlipidemia-related self-management support in rural Nepal: a biphasic mixed-methods evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is unknown whether Female Community Health Volunteers' (FCHVs) can counsel for hyperlipidemia in rural Nepal.

Methods

Using the Health Belief Model, we evaluated FCHV's knowledge, self-efficacy, and barriers to counsel for hyperlipidemia in two phases eleven months apart among 28 FCHVs from rural mid-Western Nepal. In each phase, we conducted four Focused Group Discussions (FGDs), hyperlipidemia-related training and two similar surveys before and after the training. We used inductive and deductive codes for thematic analysis and descriptive statistics for quantitative analysis. We integrated the results for complementarity and convergence using concurrent embedded design (Qual + quan).

Results

FCHVs' mean age was 48 years and 21 out of 28 had worked for

SUBMITTER: Jha O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12797385 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature