Explanatory models of hypertension in Guatemala: recognizing the perspectives of patients, family members, health care providers and administrators, and national-level health system stakeholders | BMC Public Health
Uncontrolled hypertension is a major public health burden and the most common preventable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases in Guatemala and other low- and middle-income countries. Prior to an initial trial that evaluated a hypertension intervention in rural Guatemala, we collected qualitative information on the needs and knowledge gaps of hypertension care within Guatemala’s public healthcare system. This analysis applied Kleinman’s Explanatory Models of Illness to capture how patients, family members, community-, district-, and provincial-level health care providers and adm...
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