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January 1, 2025Primary Health Care Research & DevelopmentOpen Access

Factors contributing to uncontrolled hypertension in Ekurhuleni District, South Africa: the community health workers’ perspectives. A qualitative analysis

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Why the study?

Community health workers provide care for chronic conditions like hypertension in South Africa, but their views on poor blood pressure control remain unclear.

Population

22 community health workers in Ekurhuleni District, South Africa

Design

Qualitative exploratory study using semi-structured interviews

Authors

ZDZaheerah DawoodKSKganetso Sekome

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Overview

CHW perspectives on uncontrolled hypertension warrant attention in community care; leaves open translation into scalable interventions.

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Population
22 community health workers (CHWs) involved in the management of patients with hypertension, working at Ekurhuleni South sub-district for 6 months or longer, mean age 40, 91% female, in South Africa.

CHWs identified significant contextual barriers to hypertension control in South Africa, emphasizing the need for community-based strategies, multidisciplinary teamwork, and standardized CHW training.

Cite This Study

Dawood et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fd242a528af2d65c32e2bhttps://doi.org/10.1017/s1463423625100601
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