Community-based diagnosis of non-communicable diseases and their risk factors in rural and urban Haiti: a cross-sectional prevalence study.

CONCLUSIONS: Women in Haiti had significantly higher prevalence rates of most NCDs and risk factors than men, and urban populations frequently, but not always, had higher rates of NCDs risk factors than the rural population. Further, it was shown that using point of care blood tests combined with community health workers, it is feasible to screen for NCDs and risk factors in remote areas which otherwise have limited access to healthcare.
PMID: 29678978 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Rural Remote Health - April 20, 2018 Category: Rural Health Authors: DeGennaro V, Malcolm S, Crompton L, Vaddiparti K, Mramba LK, Striley C, Cottler L, Taylor K, Leverence R Tags: BMJ Open Source Type: research