Stakeholder perspectives to inform adaptation of a hypertension treatment program in primary healthcare centers in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Implementing an evidence-based hypertension program in primary healthcare centers (PHCs) in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria is an opportunity to improve hypertension diagnosis, treatment, and control and reduce deaths from cardiovascular diseases. This qualitative research study was conducted in Nigerian PHCs with patients, non-physician health workers, administrators and primary care physicians to inform contextual adaptations of Kaiser Permanente Northern California's hypertension model and the World Health Organization's HEARTS technical package for the system-level, Hypertension Treatment in Nigeria (HTN) Program.

Methods

Purposive sampling in 8 PHCs identified patients (n = 8), non-physician health workers (n = 12), administrators (n = 3), and primary

SUBMITTER: Okoli RCB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8404273 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature