Approaches and outcomes of community health worker's interventions for hypertension management and control in low-income and middle-income countries: systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To critically appraise the scope, content and outcomes of community health worker (CHW) interventions designed to reduce blood pressure (BP) in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Method

We performed a database search (PUBMED, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, OpenGrey, Cochrane Central Trials Register and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews) to identify studies in LMICs from 2000 to 2020. Eligible studies were interventional studies published in English and reporting CHW interventions for management of BP in LMICs. Two independent reviewers screened the titles, abstracts and full texts of publications for eligibility and inclusion. Relevant information was extracted from these studies using a tailored template. Risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane

SUBMITTER: Mbuthia GW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8977767 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature