IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/clnure/v30y2021i2p200-206.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Provider Perceptions about Hypertension: A Mixed Methods Study in Zambia

Author

Listed:
  • Lori A. Spies
  • Joyce M. Mulenga

Abstract

Hypertension is the most significant contributor to premature death globally. As embedded providers, nurses have valuable insight on how to improve hypertension outcomes. A sequential mixed-method study was conducted in Zambia to explore provider perceptions of hypertension care and develop contextually relevant education for nurses. The Zambian and US nurse researchers interviewed 15 nurses and provided a hypertension education workshop. Thematic evaluation identified categories of infrastructure and belief & behaviors with a shared subcategory of medication. A statistically significant result was found in the health care providers knowledge and attitude toward hypertension, one of two pre and post-tests analysis ( z  = –2.17, p  

Suggested Citation

  • Lori A. Spies & Joyce M. Mulenga, 2021. "Provider Perceptions about Hypertension: A Mixed Methods Study in Zambia," Clinical Nursing Research, , vol. 30(2), pages 200-206, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:clnure:v:30:y:2021:i:2:p:200-206
    DOI: 10.1177/1054773820904634
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1054773820904634
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/1054773820904634?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Godfrey Katende & Sara Groves & Kathleen Becker, 2014. "Hypertension Education Intervention with Ugandan Nurses Working in Hospital Outpatient Clinic: A Pilot Study," Nursing Research and Practice, Hindawi, vol. 2014, pages 1-6, December.
    2. Rasha Khatib & Jon-David Schwalm & Salim Yusuf & R Brian Haynes & Martin McKee & Maheer Khan & Robby Nieuwlaat, 2014. "Patient and Healthcare Provider Barriers to Hypertension Awareness, Treatment and Follow Up: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Qualitative and Quantitative Studies," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(1), pages 1-12, January.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Ali, Bagh & Khan, Shahid Ali & Hussein, Ahmed Kadhim & Thumma, Thirupathi & Hussain, Sajjad, 2022. "Hybrid nanofluids: Significance of gravity modulation, heat source/ sink, and magnetohydrodynamic on dynamics of micropolar fluid over an inclined surface via finite element simulation," Applied Mathematics and Computation, Elsevier, vol. 419(C).
    2. Magdalena Jasińska-Stroschein, 2022. "The Effectiveness of Pharmacist Interventions in the Management of Patient with Renal Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(18), pages 1-28, September.
    3. Marta Gorina & Joaquín T. Limonero & María Álvarez, 2019. "Educational diagnosis of self‐management behaviours in patients with diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia based on the PRECEDE model: Qualitative study," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 28(9-10), pages 1745-1759, May.
    4. Helena Legido-Quigley & Paul Anthony Camacho Lopez & Dina Balabanova & Pablo Perel & Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo & Robby Nieuwlaat & J-D Schwalm & Tara McCready & Salim Yusuf & Martin McKee, 2015. "Patients’ Knowledge, Attitudes, Behaviour and Health Care Experiences on the Prevention, Detection, Management and Control of Hypertension in Colombia: A Qualitative Study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(4), pages 1-16, April.
    5. Meznah M. Alanazi & Awatif Ahmed Hendi & N. Ameer Ahammad & Bagh Ali & Sonia Majeed & Nehad Ali Shah, 2023. "Significance of Ternary Hybrid Nanoparticles on the Dynamics of Nanofluids over a Stretched Surface Subject to Gravity Modulation," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-16, February.
    6. Emily Lyles & Gilbert Burnham & Zeina Fahed & Kenneth M. Shermock & Paul Spiegel & Shannon Doocy, 2022. "Care-Seeking and Health Service Utilization for Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes Among Syrian Refugee and Host Community Care-Seekers in Lebanon," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 23(2), pages 519-541, June.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:clnure:v:30:y:2021:i:2:p:200-206. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.