2025
Early findings from the integration of hypertension care into differentiated service delivery models for HIV in Uganda: a mixed‐method study
Kiggundu J, Semitala F, Lipoto C, Giibwa L, Twine R, Mwaka S, Ayebare F, Kiwala C, Magambo E, Mutungi G, Ssinabulya I, Spiegelman D, Kayima J, Muddu M, Schwartz J, Katahoire A, Longenecker C. Early findings from the integration of hypertension care into differentiated service delivery models for HIV in Uganda: a mixed‐method study. Journal Of The International AIDS Society 2025, 28: e26499. PMID: 40622382, PMCID: PMC12232483, DOI: 10.1002/jia2.26499.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypertension careHealthcare providersExperiences of healthcare providersDSD modelCluster randomised trialRoutine medical recordsInductive thematic analysisGeneralised estimating equationsTime interaction effectsService delivery modelsMixed-methods studyIntegrated careHypertension visitsImplementation researchThematic analysisDelivery modelsPLHIVWakiso districtHypertension managementConsolidation frameworkNational guidelinesQuantitative outcome variablesUganda national guidelinesCareClient education
2022
Effectiveness of a community-based education and peer support led by women’s self-help groups in improving the control of hypertension in urban slums of Kerala, India: a cluster randomised controlled pragmatic trial
Suseela R, Ambika R, Mohandas S, Menon J, Numpelil M, Vasudevan B, Ved R, Danaei G, Spiegelman D. Effectiveness of a community-based education and peer support led by women’s self-help groups in improving the control of hypertension in urban slums of Kerala, India: a cluster randomised controlled pragmatic trial. BMJ Global Health 2022, 7: e010296. PMID: 36384950, PMCID: PMC9670931, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010296.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMean systolic BPSystolic BPControl armIntervention armPragmatic trialUrban slumsTarget blood pressure goalsMajor public health problemBlood pressure goalsSelf-help group membersControl of hypertensionStandard of carePublic health problemPrimary healthcare systemSelf-help groupsCommunity-based educationPeer support programAntihypertensive medicationsUncontrolled hypertensionUsual careHypertension managementPrimary outcomeHypertensionHealthy behaviorsHealth problems
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