These projects focused on community education, teaching fellow students, patient education, quality improvement in community health centers, and other health-related topics. The outputs from these students’ projects supplied educational information and resources for patients, health centers, community groups...
An unadjusted alpha of 0.05 was used for all analyses. 3. Results Twenty participants (63%) among 32 new residents enrolled in the AFRESH program; characteristics are shown in Table 1. Reported comorbidities among participants included: hypertension (n = 16, 80%), depression (n = 10, 50%)...
Population health management: a model for prevention Traditionally, medical providers have taken a disease-specific approach to health, focusing on diagnoses like heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, and so forth. As people age, however, many accumulate comorbidities, and it becomes progressiv...
Review on the prevalence, risk factors and disease Management of Hypertension among floating population in China during 1990–2016. Glob Health Res Policy. 2018;23(3):24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-018-0076-9. Article Google Scholar Anderson AF, Qingsi Z, Hua X, Jianfeng B. China...
26 Cardiometabolic Health Cardiometabolic health outcomes included traditional risk factors for cardiometabolic risk score (ie, hyperglycemia, hypertension, and dyslipidemia),24 as well as body composition and physical fitness, which are closely related to cardiometabolic health.27,28 Blood lipid biomarkers ...
(eg, concerning cardiotocography results, hypertension, contractions, antenatal haemorrhage, signs of infection, maternal distress at home, or technical difficulties). Each participant assigned to the telemonitoring group visited t...
As a part of the formative phase of an implementation research study, we conducted a needs assessment to define short- and long-term needs and opportunities for hypertension services within the public health system. Methods We conducted a multi-method, multi-level assessment of needs related to ...
(The reverse applies to psychiatrists: If we decide to treat a patient's hypertension or diabetes, then we must meet the general medical standard of care, not some special, lower "psychiatrist" standard.) Dr. Zonana's article is found in the AAPL Newsletter (38[1]:5-6,18, 2013). ...
Over half of adults from rural South Africa are hypertensive. Apart from pharmaceutical treatment, lifestyle changes such as increasing physical activity and reducing dietary salt have been strongly advocated for the control of hypertension. However, the
Hypertension is the leading cause of death and disability. Clinical care for patients with hypertension in Kenya leverages referral networks to provide basic and specialized healthcare services. However, referrals are characterized by non-adherence and delays in completion. An integrated health information...