Journal of Hypertension: Open Access

Department of Public Health, Goba Referral Hospital, MaddaWalabu University, Bale Goba, Ethiopia, P.O.Box 274 Goba, Ethiopia

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  Practice Toward Prevention Of Hypertension Among Non-Hypertensive Adults At Shashemene Town, West Arsi Zone, Ethiopia
  Author(s): Malgarin Desta, Tilahun Ermeko*, Desalegn Bekele and Abate Lette
  
  Hypertension prevention practices like physical exercise, healthy diet, avoid smoking and reducing alcohol intake play an important role in controlling hypertension. This study was assessed practice toward prevention of hypertension among non-hypertensive adults in Shashemene Town, West Arsi Zone, Ethiopia from August 2019 to September 2019. Methods: A Community based cross-sectional study design was employed on adult age resident of Shashemene town and a multi stage sampling technique was used to select 634 participants. Data was collected using structured questioner and Data collection was conducted by trained college students. The data was edited and entered into Epi-info version 7 and analyzed using SPSS version 21 software. Descriptive and analytical statistics including Bivariate and multivariate analyses was conducted inorder to check the prediction of .. Read More»
  

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