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Table 1 Summary of activities and assessments for intervention and control villages

From: Effect of training community health workers and their interventions on cardiovascular disease risk factors among adults in Morogoro, Tanzania: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Activity

Interventions and assessments

Intervention villages

Control villages

1. Baseline cross-sectional survey

a. Sociodemographic characteristics

b. Knowledge of CVD risk factors

c. Proportion of CVD risk factors

Yes

Yes

2. Pre-training assessment of CHWs on knowledge about CVD risk factors

Yes

–

3. Training of CHWs on interventions for CVD prevention

Yes

–

4. Post-training assessment of CHWs on knowledge about CVD risk factors

Yes

–

5. Monthly CHW home-delivered interventions (M1–M6)

a. Home health education

b. Healthy lifestyle promotion

c. Measurements (BP and anthropometrics)

Yes

–

6. Bi-monthly CHW home-delivered interventions (M7–M12)

a. Home health education

b. Healthy lifestyle promotion

c. Measurements (BP and anthropometrics)

Yes

–

7. Focus group discussions for perceived quality and acceptability of CHWs to deliver CVD-specific interventions

Yes

–

8. Post-intervention assessment of CHWs for knowledge decay

Yes

–

9. End-line cross-sectional survey

a. Sociodemographic characteristics

b. Knowledge of CVD risk factors

c. Proportion of CVD risk factors

Yes

Yes