Perceived barriers and enablers infuencing health extension workers toward home-based hypertension screening in rural northwest Ethiopia: interpretive descriptive study

Abstract

Background: Hypertension, a major but modifable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, is a global health problem including Ethiopia. In a limited infrastructure task sharing of hypertension screening for community health workers is a feasible strategy to improve hypertension management. Recent fnding have shown that trained health extension workers (HEWs) can identify high blood pressure, which was efective and feasible. Identifying barriers and enablers for home-based hypertension screening by HEWs is crucial for its implementation. This study aimed to explore barriers and enablers that infuence health extension workers’ home-based hypertension screening in the community