World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases

Vol.5 No.7(2015), Paper ID 58469, 18 pages

DOI:10.4236/wjcd.2015.57021

 

How Group-Based Cardiovascular Health Education Affects Treatment Adherence and Blood Pressure Control among Insured Hypertensive Nigerians: A Pre-Test, Post-Test Study

 

Aina Olufemi Odusola, Heleen Nelissen, Marleen Hendriks, Constance Schultsz, Ferdinand Wit, Oladimeji Akeem Bolarinwa, Tanimola Akande, Charles Agyemang, Gbenga Ogedegbe, Kayode Agbede, Peju Adenusi, Akin Osibogun, Karien Stronks, Joke Haafkens

 

Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria
Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria
Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Division of Health and Behavior, Center for Healthful Behavior Change, Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, USA
Ogo Oluwa Hospital, Bacita, Nigeria
Hygeia Community Health Care, Hygeia HMO, Lagos, Nigeria
Department of Community Health, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria
Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Department of General Practice, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

Copyright © 2015 Aina Olufemi Odusola, Heleen Nelissen, Marleen Hendriks, Constance Schultsz, Ferdinand Wit, Oladimeji Akeem Bolarinwa, Tanimola Akande, Charles Agyemang, Gbenga Ogedegbe, Kayode Agbede, Peju Adenusi, Akin Osibogun, Karien Stronks, Joke Haafkens et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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Odusola, A. , Nelissen, H. , Hendriks, M. , Schultsz, C. , Wit, F. , Bolarinwa, O. , Akande, T. , Agyemang, C. , Ogedegbe, G. , Agbede, K. , Adenusi, P. , Osibogun, A. , Stronks, K. and Haafkens, J. (2015) How Group-Based Cardiovascular Health Education Affects Treatment Adherence and Blood Pressure Control among Insured Hypertensive Nigerians: A Pre-Test, Post-Test Study. World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, 5, 181-198. doi: 10.4236/wjcd.2015.57021.

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