Community health worker-led, technology-enabled private sector intervention for diabetes and hypertension management among urban poor: a retrospective cohort study from large Indian metropolitan city.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We assessed the effectiveness of community health workers (CHWs)-led, technology-enabled programme as a large-scale, real-world solution for screening and long-term management of diabetes and hypertension in low-income and middle-income countries.

Design

Retrospective cohort design.

Setting

Forty-seven low-income neighbourhoods of Hyderabad, a large Indian metropolis.

Participants

Participants (aged ≥20 years) who subscribed to an ongoing community-based chronic disease management programme employing CHWs and technology to manage diabetes and hypertension.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

We used deidentified programme data between 1 March 2015 and 8 October 2018 to measure participants' pre-enrolment and post-enrolment retention rate an

SUBMITTER: Deo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8362730 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature