Activity | Interventions and assessments | |
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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 |