The use of volunteers in mass screening for high blood pressure.

Abstract:

:This paper describes the effectiveness of an incentive-based approach to screening for hypertension by comparing it to two more typical on-site screenings. In the "bounty system," adolescents were trained and certified in blood pressure assessment to enable them to conduct door-to-door blood pressure screenings. The youths received incentives for various phases of their training and the screenings. The two other screenings were conducted in a worksite and a public "community" setting. It was evident that incentives played a major role in recruiting adolescents to volunteer as screeners. The final results, however, revealed that this contact did not result in an increase in the number of persons screened as had been predicted. This was due in part to the reluctance of residents to admit teenagers into their homes and related problems.

journal_name

Am J Prev Med

authors

Elder JP,McKenna CA,Lazieh M,Ferreira A,Lasater TM,Carleton RA

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1986-09-01 00:00:00

pages

268-72

issue

5

eissn

0749-3797

issn

1873-2607

journal_volume

2

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