Community-based screening for cardiovascular risk using a novel mHealth tool in rural Kenya

Community-based screening for cardiovascular risk using a novel mHealth tool in rural Kenya

Background: An increasing burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in low-resource settings demands innovative public health approaches. Objectives: To design and test a novel mHealth tool for use by community health workers (CHWs) to identify individuals at high CVD risk who would benefit from educa...

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Main Authors: Jennifer Mannik, Andrea Figol, Vanessa Churchill, James Aw, Stacy Francis, Ezekiel Karino, Julius Kibet Chesire, Danet Opot, Benard Ochieng, Michael Thomas Hawkes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT 2018-10-01
Series:Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics
Subjects:
mHealth
Africa
cardiovascular disease
Online Access:https://hijournal.bcs.org/index.php/jhi/article/view/1012

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