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Community Health Worker Program Outcomes for Diabetes and Hypertension Control in West Bank Refugee Camps: A Retrospective Matched Cohort Study

Asmaa Rimawi, Adarsh Shah, Henry Louis, David Scales, Jawad Abu Kheiran, Nashat Jawabreh, Sofia Yunez, Masako Horino, Akihiro Seita and Bram Wispelwey
Global Health: Science and Practice October 2022, 10(5):e2200168; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00168
Asmaa Rimawi
aHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Adarsh Shah
bHarvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Henry Louis
cUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
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David Scales
dNew York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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Jawad Abu Kheiran
eUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency, Arroub refugee camp, occupied Palestinian territory.
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Nashat Jawabreh
fMakassad Hospital, East Jerusalem, occupied Palestinian territory.
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Sofia Yunez
gUniversity of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Masako Horino
hUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency, Amman, Jordan.
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Akihiro Seita
hUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency, Amman, Jordan.
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Bram Wispelwey
iBrigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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  • For correspondence: bwispelwey{at}bwh.harvard.edu
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vol. 10 no. 5 e2200168
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00168
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36316145

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Global Health: Science and Practice
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2169-575X
History 
  • Received: April 20, 2022
  • Accepted: September 13, 2022
  • Published online October 31, 2022.

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  1. Asmaa Rimawia,
  2. Adarsh Shahb,
  3. Henry Louisc,
  4. David Scalesd,
  5. Jawad Abu Kheirane,
  6. Nashat Jawabrehf,
  7. Sofia Yunezg,
  8. Masako Horinoh,
  9. Akihiro Seitah,
  10. Bram Wispelweyi⇑
  1. aHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  2. bHarvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
  3. cUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
  4. dNew York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
  5. eUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency, Arroub refugee camp, occupied Palestinian territory.
  6. fMakassad Hospital, East Jerusalem, occupied Palestinian territory.
  7. gUniversity of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
  8. hUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency, Amman, Jordan.
  9. iBrigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
  1. Correspondence to Bram Wispelwey (bwispelwey{at}bwh.harvard.edu).
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