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Innovative Implementation Strategies for Hypertension Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: a Narrative Review by Mercer, Tim, Nulu, Shanti, Vedanthan, Rajesh

“…Purpose of Review This review summarizes the most recent and innovative implementation strategies for hypertension control in low- and middle-income countries…”
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Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition by Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Anand, Shuchi, Watkins, David, Gaziano, Thomas, Wu, Yangfeng, Mbanya, Jean Claude, Nugent, Rachel, Ajay, Vamadevan S, Afshin, Ashkan, Adler, Alma, Ali, Mohammed K, Bateman, Eric, Bettger, Janet, Bonow, Robert O, Brouwer, Elizabeth, Bukhman, Gene, Bull, Fiona, Burney, Peter, Capewell, Simon, Chan, Juliana, Chandrasekar, Eeshwar K, Chen, Jie, Criqui, Michael H, Dirks, John, Dugani, Sagar B, Engelgau, Michael, El Nahas, Meguid, Fall, Caroline HD, Feigin, Valery, Fowkes, F Gerald R, Glassman, Amanda, Goenka, Shifalika, Gupta, Rajeev, Hasan, Babar, Hersch, Fred, Hu, Frank, Huffman, Mark D, Jabbour, Samer, Jarvis, Deborah, Jeemon, Panniyammakal, Joshi, Rohina, Kamano, Jemima H, Kengne, Andre Pascal, Kudesia, Preeti, Kumar, R Krishna, Kumaran, Kalyanaraman, Lambert, Estelle V, Lee, Edward S, Li, Chaoyun, Luo, Rong, Magee, Matthew, Malik, Vasanti S, Marin-Neto, J Antonio, Marks, Guy, Mayosi, Bongani, McGuire, Helen, Micha, Renata, Miranda, J Jaime, Montoya, Pablo Aschner, Moran, Andrew E, Mozaffarian, Dariush, Naicker, Saraladevi, Naidoo, Nadraj G, Narayan, KM Venkat, O'Donnell, Martin, Onen, Churchill, Osmond, Clive, Patel, Anushka, Perez-Padilla, Rogelio, Poulter, Neil, Pratt, Michael, Rabkin, Miriam, Rajan, Vikram, Rassi, Anis, Rassi, Anis, Rawal, Ishita, Remuzzi, Giuseppe, Riella, Miguel, Roth, Greg A, Roy, Ambuj, Rubinstein, Adolfo, Sakuma, Yuna, Sampson, Uchechukwu KA, Siegel, Karen R, Sliwa, Karen, Suhrcke, Marc, Tandon, Nikhil, Thomas, Bernadette, Vaca, Claudia, Vedanthan, Rajesh, Verguet, Stéphane, Webb, Michael, Weber, Mary Beth, Whitsel, Laurie, Wong, Gary, Yan, Lijing L, Yancy, Clyde W, Zhang, Ping, Zhao, Dong, Zhu, Yishan

“…Cardiovascular, respiratory, and related disorders (CVRDs) are the leading causes of adult death worldwide, and substantial inequalities in care of patients…”
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Family-Based Approaches to Cardiovascular Health Promotion by Vedanthan, Rajesh, MD, MPH, Bansilal, Sameer, MD, MS, Soto, Ana Victoria, MD, Kovacic, Jason C., MD, PhD, Latina, Jacqueline, MD, Jaslow, Risa, MS, RDN, Santana, Maribel, BS, Gorga, Elio, MD, Kasarskis, Andrew, PhD, Hajjar, Roger, MD, Schadt, Eric E., PhD, Björkegren, Johan L., MD, PhD, Fayad, Zahi A., PhD, MSE, Fuster, Valentin, MD, PhD

“…Abstract Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in the world, and the increasing burden is largely a consequence of modifiable behavioral…”
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Community engagement to inform development of strategies to improve referral for hypertension: perspectives of patients, providers and local community members in western Kenya by Naanyu, Violet, Njuguna, Benson, Koros, Hillary, Andesia, Josephine, Kamano, Jemima, Mercer, Tim, Bloomfield, Gerald, Pastakia, Sonak, Vedanthan, Rajesh, Akwanalo, Constantine

“…Hypertension is the leading cause of death and disability. Clinical care for patients with hypertension in Kenya leverages referral networks to provide basic…”
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Community Health Workers Improve Linkage to Hypertension Care in Western Kenya by Vedanthan, Rajesh, Kamano, Jemima H., DeLong, Allison K., Naanyu, Violet, Binanay, Cynthia A., Bloomfield, Gerald S., Chrysanthopoulou, Stavroula A., Finkelstein, Eric A., Hogan, Joseph W., Horowitz, Carol R., Inui, Thomas S., Menya, Diana, Orango, Vitalis, Velazquez, Eric J., Were, Martin C., Kimaiyo, Sylvester, Fuster, Valentin

“…Elevated blood pressure (BP) is the leading global risk factor for mortality. Delay in seeking hypertension care is associated with increased mortality. This…”
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Usefulness of Implementation Outcome Scales for Digital Mental Health (iOSDMH): Experiences from Six Randomized Controlled Trials by Obikane, Erika, Sasaki, Natsu, Imamura, Kotaro, Nozawa, Kyosuke, Vedanthan, Rajesh, Cuijpers, Pim, Shimazu, Taichi, Kamada, Masamitsu, Kawakami, Norito, Nishi, Daisuke

“…Measuring implementation outcomes for digital mental health interventions is essential for examining the effective delivery of these interventions. The…”
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UNav: An Infrastructure-Independent Vision-Based Navigation System for People with Blindness and Low Vision by Yang, Anbang, Beheshti, Mahya, Hudson, Todd E, Vedanthan, Rajesh, Riewpaiboon, Wachara, Mongkolwat, Pattanasak, Feng, Chen, Rizzo, John-Ross

“…Vision-based localization approaches now underpin newly emerging navigation pipelines for myriad use cases, from robotics to assistive technologies. Compared…”
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SERIES: eHealth in primary care. Part 1: Concepts, conditions and challenges by van der Kleij, Rianne M.J.J., Kasteleyn, Marise J., Meijer, Eline, Bonten, Tobias N., Houwink, Elisa J.F., Teichert, Martine, van Luenen, Sanne, Vedanthan, Rajesh, Evers, Andrea, Car, Josip, Pinnock, Hilary, Chavannes, Niels H.

“…Primary care is challenged to provide high quality, accessible and affordable care for an increasingly ageing, complex, and multimorbid population. To counter…”
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Community-based medication delivery program for antihypertensive medications improves adherence and reduces blood pressure by Dan N. Tran, Kibet Kangogo, James A. Amisi, James Kamadi, Rakhi Karwa, Benson Kiragu, Jeremiah Laktabai, Imran N. Manji, Benson Njuguna, Daria Szkwarko, Kun Qian, Rajesh Vedanthan, Sonak D. Pastakia

“…Non-adherence to antihypertensive medications is a major cause of uncontrolled hypertension, leading to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Ensuring…”
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Community-based medication delivery program for antihypertensive medications improves adherence and reduces blood pressure by Tran, Dan N, Kangogo, Kibet, Amisi, James A, Kamadi, James, Karwa, Rakhi, Kiragu, Benson, Laktabai, Jeremiah, Manji, Imran N, Njuguna, Benson, Szkwarko, Daria, Qian, Kun, Vedanthan, Rajesh, Pastakia, Sonak D

“…Non-adherence to antihypertensive medications is a major cause of uncontrolled hypertension, leading to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Ensuring…”
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Sex differences in health status, healthcare utilization, and costs among individuals with elevated blood pressure: the LARK study from Western Kenya by Sikka, Neha, DeLong, Allison, Kamano, Jemima, Kimaiyo, Sylvester, Orango, Vitalis, Andesia, Josephine, Fuster, Valentin, Hogan, Joseph, Vedanthan, Rajesh

“…Elevated blood pressure is the leading risk factor for global mortality. While it is known that there exist differences between men and women with respect to…”
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Quality Improvement for Cardiovascular Disease Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review by Lee, Edward S, Vedanthan, Rajesh, Jeemon, Panniyammakal, Kamano, Jemima H, Kudesia, Preeti, Rajan, Vikram, Engelgau, Michael, Moran, Andrew E

“…The majority of global cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden falls on people living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In order to reduce preventable…”
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The role of context in implementation research for non-communicable diseases: Answering the 'how-to' dilemma by Daivadanam, Meena, Ingram, Maia, Sidney Annerstedt, Kristi, Parker, Gary, Bobrow, Kirsty, Dolovich, Lisa, Gould, Gillian, Riddell, Michaela, Vedanthan, Rajesh, Webster, Jacqui, Absetz, Pilvikki, Mölsted Alvesson, Helle, Androutsos, Odysseas, Chavannes, Niels, Cortez, Briana, Devarasetty, Praveen, Fottrell, Edward, Gonzalez-Salazar, Francisco, Goudge, Jane, Herasme, Omarys, Jennings, Hannah, Kapoor, Deksha, Kamano, Jemima, Kasteleyn, Marise J, Kyriakos, Christina, Manios, Yannis, Mogulluru, Kishor, Owolabi, Mayowa, Lazo-Porras, Maria, Silva, Wnurinham, Thrift, Amanda, Uvere, Ezinne, Webster, Ruth, van der Kleij, Rianne, van Olmen, Josefien, Vardavas, Constantine, Zhang, Puhong

“…Understanding context and how this can be systematically assessed and incorporated is crucial to successful implementation. We describe how context has been…”
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Spatial environmental factors predict cardiovascular and all-cause mortality: Results of the SPACE study by Hadley, Michael B, Nalini, Mahdi, Adhikari, Samrachana, Szymonifka, Jackie, Etemadi, Arash, Kamangar, Farin, Khoshnia, Masoud, McChane, Tyler, Pourshams, Akram, Poustchi, Hossein, Sepanlou, Sadaf G, Abnet, Christian, Freedman, Neal D, Boffetta, Paolo, Malekzadeh, Reza, Vedanthan, Rajesh

“…Background Environmental exposures account for a growing proportion of global mortality. Large cohort studies are needed to characterize the independent impact…”
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Implementation outcomes and strategies for delivering evidence-based hypertension interventions in lower-middle-income countries: Evidence from a multi-country consortium for hypertension control by Gyamfi, Joyce, Iwelunmor, Juliet, Patel, Shivani, Irazola, Vilma, Aifah, Angela, Rakhra, Ashlin, Butler, Mark, Vedanthan, Rajesh, Hoang, Giang Nguyen, Nyambura, Monicah, Nguyen, Hoa, Nguyen, Cuc, Asante, Kwaku Poku, Nyame, Solomon, Adjei, Kwame, Amoah, John, Apusiga, Kingsley, Adjei, Kezia Gladys Amaning, Ramierz-Zea, Manuel, Hernandez, Diego, Fort, Meredith, Sharma, Hanspria, Jarhyan, Prashant, Peprah, Emmanuel, Ogedegbe, Gbenga

“…Guidance on contextually tailored implementation strategies for the prevention, treatment, and control of hypertension is limited in lower-middle income…”
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Global Cardiovascular Health by Fuster, Valentin, MD, PhD, Kelly, Bridget B., MD, PhD, Vedanthan, Rajesh, MD, MPH

“…Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide, with more than 80% of CVD deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries…”
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Antidotal Sodium Bicarbonate Therapy: Delayed QTc Prolongation and Cardiovascular Events by Shastry, Siri, Ellis, Judson, Loo, George, Vedanthan, Rajesh, Richardson, Lynne D., Manini, Alex F.

“…Background Sodium bicarbonate therapy (SBT) is currently indicated for the management of a variety of acute drug poisonings. However, SBT effects on serum…”
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Human-centered design as a guide to intervention planning for non-communicable diseases: the BIGPIC study from Western Kenya by Leung, Claudia L, Naert, Mackenzie, Andama, Benjamin, Dong, Rae, Edelman, David, Horowitz, Carol, Kiptoo, Peninah, Manyara, Simon, Matelong, Winnie, Matini, Esther, Naanyu, Violet, Nyariki, Sarah, Pastakia, Sonak, Valente, Thomas, Fuster, Valentin, Bloomfield, Gerald S, Kamano, Jemima, Vedanthan, Rajesh

“…Non-communicable disease (NCD) care in Sub-Saharan Africa is challenging due to barriers including poverty and insufficient health system resources. Local…”
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Meat intake and cause-specific mortality: a pooled analysis of Asian prospective cohort studies by Lee, Jung Eun, McLerran, Dale F, Rolland, Betsy, Chen, Yu, Grant, Eric J, Vedanthan, Rajesh, Inoue, Manami, Tsugane, Shoichiro, Gao, Yu-Tang, Tsuji, Ichiro, Kakizaki, Masako, Ahsan, Habibul, Ahn, Yoon-Ok, Pan, Wen-Harn, Ozasa, Kotaro, Yoo, Keun-Young, Sasazuki, Shizuka, Yang, Gong, Watanabe, Takashi, Sugawara, Yumi, Parvez, Faruque, Kim, Dong-Hyun, Chuang, Shao-Yuan, Ohishi, Waka, Park, Sue K, Feng, Ziding, Thornquist, Mark, Boffetta, Paolo, Zheng, Wei, Kang, Daehee, Potter, John, Sinha, Rashmi

“…Background: Total or red meat intake has been shown to be associated with a higher risk of mortality in Western populations, but little is known of the risks…”
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Cross-sectional analysis of factors associated with medication adherence in western Kenya by Gala, Pooja, Kamano, Jemima H, Vazquez Sanchez, Manuel, Mugo, Richard, Orango, Vitalis, Pastakia, Sonak, Horowitz, Carol, Hogan, Joseph W, Vedanthan, Rajesh

“…Poor medication adherence in low-income and middle-income countries is a major cause of suboptimal hypertension and diabetes control. We aimed to identify key…”
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