Bridging Income Generation with Group Integrated Care for cardiovascular risk reduction: Rationale and design of the BIGPIC study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide, with >80% of CVD deaths occurring in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Diabetes mellitus and pre-diabetes are risk factors for CVD, and CVD is the major cause of morbidity and mortality among individuals with DM. There is a critical period now during which reducing CVD risk among individuals with diabetes and pre-diabetes may have a major impact. Cost-effective, culturally appropriate, and context-specific approaches are required. Two promising strategies to improve health outcomes are group medical visits and microfinance.

Methods/design

This study tests whether group medical visits integrated into microfinance groups are effective and cost-effective in reducing CVD risk among indivi

SUBMITTER: Vedanthan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5491075 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature