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A cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of culturally-appropriate hypertension education among Afro-Surinamese and Ghanaian patients in Dutch general practice: study protocol

Joke A Haafkens1*, Erik JAJ Beune1, Eric PM van Charante1 and Charles O Agyemang2

Author Affiliations

1 Department of General Practice, Amsterdam Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2 Department of Social Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:193 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-9-193

Published: 22 October 2009

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Additional file 1:

Summary of three culturally-appropriate hypertension education sessions. The information provided describes the content of culturally-appropriate hypertension education.

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Additional file 2:

Topic list for eliciting a patient's explanatory model of hypertension. The information provided describes the content of culturally-appropriate hypertension education.

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