Task Shifting and Blood Pressure Control in Ghana

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

757

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 1, 2012

Primary Completion Date

October 1, 2016

Study Completion Date

October 1, 2016

Conditions
HypertensionHigh Blood PressureCardiovascular Diseases
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

WHO CVD risk assessment package

Arm#1 (Intervention Group): Provided Ghana's National Health insurance and the WHO CVD Risk Assessment package for 12 months.

BEHAVIORAL

Health Insurance only

Arm#2 (Control group): Provided Ghana's National Health Insurance for 12 months, brief behavioral counseling at baseline, and usual care.

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NIH

lead

NYU Langone Health

OTHER

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