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Autor:
Laura Gutierrez, Thomas A. Gaziano, Daniela Moyano, Andrea Beratarrechea, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Vilma Irazola
Publikováno v:
CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Control of cardiovascular disease ( CVD ) risk factors is suboptimal in Argentina, despite the government's provision of free blood pressure and cholesterol‐lowering medications for people without private insurance. We assessed whether c
Autor:
Catalina A. Denman, Masuma Akter Khanam, Thomas A. Gaziano, Thandi Puoane, Carlos Mendoza Montano, Naomi S. Levitt, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel
Publikováno v:
The Lancet Global Health, Vol 3, Iss 9, Pp e556-e563 (2015)
Summary Background Cardiovascular disease contributes substantially to the non-communicable disease (NCD) burden in low-income and middle-income countries, which also often have substantial health personnel shortages. In this observational study we i
Autor:
Sam Surka, Thandi Puoane, Thomas A. Gaziano, Ankur Pandya, Catalina A. Denman, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Naomi S. Levitt, Stephen Sy, Carlos Mendoza
Publikováno v:
Health Affairs. 34:1538-1545
In low-resource settings, a physician is not always available. We recently demonstrated that community health workers-instead of physicians or nurses-can efficiently screen adults for cardiovascular disease in South Africa, Mexico, and Guatemala. In
Autor:
Naomi S. Levitt, Alvaro Rivera-Andrade, Diana Munguía Carrasco, Carlos Mendoza Montano, Thomas A. Gaziano, Masuma Akter Khanam, Catalina A. Denman, Thandi Puoane, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Jabu Zulu
Publikováno v:
Global Heart; Vol 10, No 1 (2015); 39-44
Background: Community health workers (CHW) can screen for cardiovascular disease risk as well as health professionals using a noninvasive screening tool. However, this demonstrated success does not guarantee effective scaling of the intervention to a
Autor:
Thandi Puoane, Masuma Akter Khanam, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Diana Munguía Carrasco, Alvaro Rivera-Andrade, Carlos Mendoza Montano, Naomi S. Levitt, Thomas A. Gaziano, Jabu Zulu, Catalina A. Denman
Publikováno v:
Global Heart; Vol 10, No 1 (2015); 45-54
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is on the rise in low- and middle-income countries and is proving difficult to combat due to the emphasis on improving outcomes in maternal and child health and infectious diseases against a backdrop of severe