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Can village health workers be effectively trained in blood pressure and blood sugar measurement for noncommunicable disease screening?
Can village health workers be effectively trained in blood pressure and blood sugar measurement for noncommunicable disease screening?
Village health workers can be successfully trained to measure blood pressure and blood sugar, enabling their use in community screening programs for hypertension and diabetes.
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Task-shifting BP/BS screening to VHWs appears feasible; leaves open effects on NCD detection and outcomes.
Noncommunicable diseases account for 53% of deaths and 44% of disability-adjusted life years lost in India. Village health workers (VHWs) were trained in blood pressure (BP) and blood sugar (BS) measurement and assessed using a checklist. A total of 38 VHWs with a mean age of 44.8 years, schooling of 9.9 years, scored 10.0 (76.9%) for BP and 9.74 (69.6%) for BS. There was no difference in scores for education and age. It is possible to train VHWs in BP and BS measurement and utilize them for screening and monitoring of hypertension and diabetes in a noncommunicable disease care program.
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