Dinesh Neupane|Craig S. McLachlan|Rupesh Gautam|Shiva Raj Mishra|Michael Thorlund|Mette Schlütter|Per Kallestrup
Literacy and motivation for the prevention and control of hypertension among female community health volunteers: a qualitative study from Nepal
Aarhus University|UNSW Sydney|University of Southern Denmark|Nepal Red Cross Society|Aalborg University|Aarhus University|Aarhus University
backgroundthe prevalence hypertension increasing nepal thus need programme improve primary healthcare one possibility assign prevention diagnosis treatment hypertension female community health volunteers fchvsobjectiveto assess literacy motivation involved hypertension prevention control programme nepal among fchvsdesignfive focus group discussions fgds conducted total 69 fchvs lekhnath municipality kaski district nepal seven themes developed basis data collection 1 knowledge hypertension 2 risk factors hypertension 3 prevention control hypertension 4 access treatment hypertension community 5 learning blood pressure measurement 6 ability raise blood pressure awareness community 7 possible challenges future involvement data analysed using thematic analysis approachresultsfchvs knowledge diagnosis risk factors complications hypertension general unanimity observed understanding hypertension risk factors needed addressed willingness fchvs contribute prevention control management strong confident basic training could obtain skills hypertension managementconclusionsdespite limited knowledge hypertension fchvs expressed willingness readiness trained hypertension management study supports possibility involving fchvs prevention control hypertension nepal