Evaluation of a community-based hypertension improvement program (ComHIP) in Ghana: data from a baseline survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ghana faces an increasing burden of non-communicable disease with rates of hypertension estimated as high as 36% in adults. Despite these high rates, hypertension control remains very poor in Ghana (4%). The current project aims to implement and evaluate a community-based programme to raise awareness, and to improve treatment and control of hypertension in the Eastern Region of Ghana. In this paper, we present the findings of the baseline cross-sectional survey focusing on hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control.

Methods

To evaluate the ComHIP project, a quasi-experimental design consisted of a before and after evaluations are being implemented in the intervention and comparison districts. A cohort study component is being implemented in the int

SUBMITTER: Lamptey P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5410035 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature