New IMIAS publication examine hypertension in Tirana

Social and community factors associated with hypertension awareness and control among older adults in Tirana, Albania

 Determinants of hypertension diagnosis and/or awareness and control among older adults are understudied in Albania, a former communist country in South Eastern Europe, which is experiencing rapid demographic, socioeconomic and epidemiological transition. This paper examines the association of individual, interpersonal, organizational and community factors with hypertension awareness and control among older adults in Tirana, the Albanian capital. 

https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurpub/cky036/4944896?guestAccessKey=69f362e6-f536-4983-9436-33da1691a838