Impact of a community based intervention program on awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in a rural Panchayat, Kerala, India

Objective: Community based intervention to control hypertension is extremely limited in India. We conducted this study to find the effectiveness of a community based intervention program on the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension. Methods: A baseline survey was conducted among 4627 adul...

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Main Authors: K.R. Thankappan, S. Sivasankaran, G.K. Mini, Meena Daivadanam, P.S. Sarma, S. Abdul Khader
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-09-01
Series:Indian Heart Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483213002538