Abstract
Pre-licensure nursing students and a university faculty member partnered with a local NGO in Uganda and successfully trained 90 community health workers on blood pressure screening, healthy lifestyles, and referral to health centers for treatment. Successful monitoring of this program, with the NGO hypertension control liaison, helps guarantee sustainability.
Sigma Membership
Pi Epsilon at-Large
Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Community Health Workers, Non-Communicable Diseases, Nursing Students
Recommended Citation
Dawn, Karen, "A school of nursing-led community initiative to identify and reduce hypertension in Mukono District, Uganda" (2020). NERC (Nursing Education Research Conference). 80.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/nerc/2020/presentations_2020/80
Conference Name
Nursing Education Research Conference 2020
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International,National League for Nursing
Conference Location
Washington, DC, USA
Conference Year
2020
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A school of nursing-led community initiative to identify and reduce hypertension in Mukono District, Uganda
Washington, DC, USA
Pre-licensure nursing students and a university faculty member partnered with a local NGO in Uganda and successfully trained 90 community health workers on blood pressure screening, healthy lifestyles, and referral to health centers for treatment. Successful monitoring of this program, with the NGO hypertension control liaison, helps guarantee sustainability.