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SUBMITTER: Joshi R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6842688 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Joshi Rajnish R Agrawal Twinkle T Fathima Farah F Usha Thammattoor T Thomas Tinku T Misquith Dominic D Kalantri Shriprakash S Chidambaram Natesan N Raj Tony T Singamani Alben A Hegde Shailendra S Xavier Denis D Devereaux P J PJ Pais Prem P Gupta Rajeev R Yusuf Salim S
American heart journal 20190619
<h4>Background</h4>There is a need to identify and test low-cost approaches for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction that can enable health systems to achieve such a strategy.<h4>Objective</h4>Community health workers (CHWs) are an integral part of health-care delivery system in lower income countries. Our aim was to assess impact of CHW based interventions in reducing CVD risk factors in rural households in India.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed an open-label cluster-randomized trial in 28 v ...[more]