Exploring educational inequalities in hypertension control, salt knowledge and awareness, and patient advice: insights from the WHO STEPS Surveys of adults from nine eastern European and central Asian countries
CONCLUSIONS: There is a strong education gradient in HBP awareness, treatment and control as well as salt knowledge and perceived intake. Enhancements in public and patient knowledge and awareness of HBP and its risk factors targeting socioeconomically disadvantaged groups are urgently needed to alleviate the growing HBP burden in low- and middle-income countries.PMID:36779266 | DOI:10.1017/S1368980023000356
Source: Public Health Nutrition - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Katerina Maximova Enrique Loyola Elizondo Holly Rippin Jo ão Breda Francesco P Cappuccio Morteza Hajihosseini Kremlin Wickramasinghe Irina Novik Vital Pisaryk Lela Sturua Ainura Akmatova Galina Obreja Saodat Azimzoda Mustafo Banu Ekinci Toker Erguder Shu Source Type: research
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