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Noncommunicable Diseases In East Africa: Assessing The Gaps In Care And Identifying Opportunities For Improvement
Siddharthan T, Ramaiya K, Yonga G, Mutungi GN, Rabin TL, List JM, Kishore SP, Schwartz JI. Noncommunicable Diseases In East Africa: Assessing The Gaps In Care And Identifying Opportunities For Improvement. Health Affairs 2015, 34: 1506-1513. PMID: 26355052, PMCID: PMC4568565, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNoncommunicable diseasesCommunicable diseasesPrimary health care systemNoncommunicable disease managementDisease managementPublic health initiativesHealth service deliveryHealth care systemBasic science researchEssential medicationsCommunicable diseases managementHealth initiativesSocial determinantsHealth systemNutritional transitionDiseaseLow-income countriesCare systemMedical trainingService deliveryMedicationsPrevalenceCare
2021
Causes of medication non-adherence and the acceptability of support strategies for people with hypertension in Uganda: A qualitative study
Wilkinson R, Garden E, Nanyonga RC, Squires A, Nakaggwa F, Schwartz JI, Heller DJ. Causes of medication non-adherence and the acceptability of support strategies for people with hypertension in Uganda: A qualitative study. International Journal Of Nursing Studies 2021, 126: 104143. PMID: 34953374, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.104143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCauses of medicationPoor medication adherenceNon-communicable diseasesHypertension controlMedication adherenceCommon non-communicable diseasesMedication side effectsLack of symptomsUrban private hospitalsMonthly group meetingsHealth Belief ModelTraditional herbal medicineHypertensive medicationsUntreated hypertensionAdherence clubsAdherence interventionsConventional content analysis approachText remindersSide effectsHypertensionPatientsMedicationsPatient effortHealthcare providersContext-specific barriers