High rates of voluntary clinic attendance among community members screened with high cardiovascular disease risk scores in the rural and urban communities of Adama, Ethiopia
We observed high rates of voluntary clinic attendance among community members screened with moderate to high CVD risk scores in both rural and urban communities of Ethiopia. These findings imply that this novel approach may be useful for scaling up CVD risk screening in regions of Ethiopia.
Authors
- Belachew Hailu
- Hailemichael Getachew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2148-0931)
- Firaol Mesfin Ayele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9618-198X)
- Rawleigh Howe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4001-5456)
- Kufre Okop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0841-4588)
- Kiya Kedir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-075X)
- Bezinash Geremew
- Naomi Levitt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6480-8066)
- Melat Dereje (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0210-8416)
Institutions
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS (DE)
- South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (ZA)
- Armauer Hansen Research Institute (ET)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24557-4
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00