Integrated care by community health workers in Malawi: Rehabilitation and blood pressure monitoring.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community health workers (CHWs) are essential providers of integrated care for people in low-resourced settings with a high burden from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).

Aims

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a CHW training program in rural Malawi integrating blood pressure (BP) monitoring into rehabilitation care.

Methods

This was a retrospective cross-sectional study. The participants were a convenience sample of home-based palliative care CHWs at the local hospital (n = 59). Data collected included: a written pre- and post-knowledge test, skills competency checklist and a post-training program survey. Descriptive frequencies and paired t-tests (a = 0.05) were used for quantitative analyses. Themes in narrative responses in the

SUBMITTER: Galvez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7870379 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature