An Intervention Study for Impact Assessment of Health Education by Empowered Community Health Workers in Improving Treatment and Diet Adherence in Hypertension.

Context: Medication and low salt diet adherence play as an essential factor in blood pressure target achievement. Community health worker empowerment was reported to be a highly effective social intervention to medication and low salt diet adherence.

Aims: This study aimed to investigate the effect of structured health education regarding hypertension on community health workers on medication and low salt diet adherence among hypertensive patients in Malang.