A prospective cohort study of the SEARCH integrated HIV/hypertension community health worker‐led intervention in rural Kenya and Uganda
Within the context of a pragmatic trial, leveraging existing CHWs in an integrated HIV/hypertension model reduced the population-level prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension by 60% among people with and without HIV, extending health services into the community at scale.
Authors
- Jane Kabami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0265-3174)
- Matthew D. Hickey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8913-1602)
- Erick Wafula Mugoma
- Sabina Ogachi
- Anthony N. Muiru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2622-9658)
- Elijah Kakande (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9532-5710)
- Asiphas Owaraganise
- Helen Sunday
- Gabriel Chamie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5860-8081)
- Diane V. Havlir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-3136)
- James Ayieko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0324-4006)
- Maya Petersen
- George Agengo
- Colette Aoko
- Douglas Black
- Moses R. Kamya
- Norton Sang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0092-7776)
- Josh Schwab
- Elizabeth A. Bukusi
- Nicole Sutter
- Laura B. Balzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1529-6698)
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of California System (US)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (UG)
- Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases (US)
- Makerere University (UG)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the International AIDS Society
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.26500
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- HIV-related health complications and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.51
Funders
- National Institutes of Health