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. 2017 Sep;19(9):830-832.
doi: 10.1111/jch.13079.

Assessing healthcare professional knowledge, attitudes, and practices on hypertension management. Announcing a new World Hypertension League resource

Norm R C Campbell  1 , Naranjargal Dashdorj  2 , Uurtsaikh Baatarsuren  2 , Maral Myanganbayar  2 , Myagmartseren Dashtseren  3 , Tsolmon Unurjargal  4 , Xin-Hua Zhang  5 , Eugenia Velludo Veiga  6 , Hind Mamoun Beheiry  7 , Sailesh Mohan  8 , Bader Almustafa  9 , Mark Niebylski  10 , Daniel Lackland  11
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Assessing healthcare professional knowledge, attitudes, and practices on hypertension management. Announcing a new World Hypertension League resource

Norm R C Campbell et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2017 Sep.

Abstract

To assist hypertension control programs and specifically the development of training and education programs on hypertension for healthcare professionals, the World Hypertension League has developed a resource to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices on hypertension management. The resource assesses: (1) the importance of hypertension as a clinical and public health risk; (2) education in national or international hypertension recommendations; (3) lifestyle causes of hypertension; (4) measurement of blood pressure, screening, and diagnosis of hypertension; (5) lifestyle therapy counseling; (6) cardiovascular risk assessment; (7) antihypertensive drug therapy; and (8) adherence to therapy. In addition, the resource assesses the attitudes and practices of healthcare professionals for task sharing/shifting, use of care algorithms, and use of registries with performance reporting functions. The resource is designed to help support the Global Hearts Alliance to provide standardized and enhanced hypertension control globally.

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Conflict of interest statement

NRCC has a contract with the Novartis Foundation to assist in hypertension control interventions in low‐resource settings, has been a paid advisor to Midway Corp for providing advice on blood pressure measurement, and is an unpaid member of the World Action on Salt and Health. The Onom Foundation receives funding from the Novartis Foundation. ND, UB, MM, TU, MD, XHZ, EVV, HMB, SM, BA, and DL report no conflicts of interest. MN is a paid contractor as the chief executive officer of the WHL.

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