A cluster-randomized trial of task shifting and blood pressure control in Ghana: study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are experiencing an epidemic of cardiovascular disease (CVD) propelled by rapidly increasing rates of hypertension. Barriers to hypertension control in SSA include poor access to care and high out-of-pocket costs. Although SSA bears 24% of the global disease burden, it has only 3% of the global health workforce. Given such limited resources, cost-effective strategies, such as task shifting, are needed to mitigate the rising CVD epidemic in SSA. Ghana, a country in SSA with an established community health worker program integrated within a national health insurance scheme provides an ideal platform to evaluate implementation of the World Health Organization (WHO) task-shifting strategy. This study will evaluate the comparative effecti

SUBMITTER: Ogedegbe G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4063247 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature