TY  - JOUR
AU  - Vedanthan, Rajesh
AU  - Kamano, Jemima H
AU  - Naanyu, Violet
AU  - Delong, Allison K
AU  - Were, Martin C
AU  - Finkelstein, Eric A
AU  - Menya, Diana
AU  - Akwanalo, Constantine O
AU  - Bloomfield, Gerald S
AU  - Binanay, Cynthia A
AU  - Velazquez, Eric J
AU  - Hogan, Joseph W
AU  - Horowitz, Carol R
AU  - Inui, Thomas S
AU  - Kimaiyo, Sylvester
AU  - Fuster, Valentin
PY  - 2014
DO  - 10.1186/1745-6215-15-143
SN  - 1745-6215
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/7344
AB  - BACKGROUND: Hypertension is the leading global risk factor for mortality. Hypertension treatment and control rates are low worldwide, and delays in seeking care are associated with increased mortality. Thus, a critical component of hypertension...
LA  - eng
KW  - African Continental Ancestry Group
KW  - Blood Pressure
KW  - Cell Phone
KW  - Clinical Protocols
KW  - Communication
KW  - Cost-Benefit Analysis
KW  - Health Care Costs
KW  - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
KW  - Humans
KW  - Hypertension
KW  - Kenya
KW  - Motivational Interviewing
KW  - Patient Compliance
KW  - Patients
KW  - Professional-Patient Relations
KW  - Time Factors
KW  - Treatment Outcome
KW  - Community Health Services
KW  - Community Health Workers
KW  - Health Behavior
KW  - Research Design
KW  - Rural Health Services
TI  - Optimizing linkage and retention to hypertension care in rural Kenya (LARK hypertension study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
TY  - journal article
ER  -