2019
Community Health Workers Improve Linkage to Hypertension Care in Western Kenya
Vedanthan R, Kamano JH, DeLong AK, Naanyu V, Binanay CA, Bloomfield GS, Chrysanthopoulou SA, Finkelstein EA, Hogan JW, Horowitz CR, Inui TS, Menya D, Orango V, Velazquez EJ, Were MC, Kimaiyo S, Fuster V. Community Health Workers Improve Linkage to Hypertension Care in Western Kenya. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2019, 74: 1897-1906. PMID: 31487546, PMCID: PMC6788970, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.08.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAntihypertensive AgentsBlood PressureBlood Pressure DeterminationCluster AnalysisCommunicationCommunity Health ServicesCommunity Health WorkersFemaleHealth BehaviorHealth PromotionHealth Services AccessibilityHealth Services ResearchHumansHypertensionKenyaMaleMedication AdherenceMiddle AgedRisk FactorsSmartphoneSystoleTelemedicineConceptsCommunity health workersElevated blood pressureBlood pressureSystolic BPUsual careHealth workersHypertension careCovariate-adjusted mixed effects modelAverage overall followBaseline systolic BPHypertension care programCo-primary outcomesSystolic blood pressureSBP reductionHypertension controlOverall followSBP changeRisk factorsCare programLinkage of individualsCareMixed effects modelsGreater reductionMobile healthMortality
2018
Disrupting Fellow Education Through Group Texting WhatsApp in Fellow Education?
Kochar A, Rymer J, Samad Z, Group D, Banks A, Mandawat A, Sun A, Fanaroff A, Mandawat A, Amborsy A, Wang A, Lowenstern A, Manly D, Patel P, Black-Meier E, Velazquez E, Serfas J, Chakravartti J, Wosniak J, Wisler J, Sivak J, Friede K, Khouri M, Fudim M, Nanna M, Minder C, Loungani R, Al-Khatib S, Jones S, Hodovance S, Sen S, Greene S, Gaeta S, Bashore T, Loring Z, Nicoara A, Rehorn M, Kociol R, Swaminathan M, Liao L, Barnett A, Rao V, Coniglio A, Drescher C, Nafissi N, Ngeno G. Disrupting Fellow Education Through Group Texting WhatsApp in Fellow Education? Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2018, 72: 3366-3369. PMID: 30573034, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.11.007.Peer-Reviewed Original Research