The Training and Field Work Experiences of Community Health Workers conducting non-invasive, population-based screening for Cardiovascular Disease in Four Communities in Low and Middle-Income Settings Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, SM, Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard School of Public Health, 718 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA Catalina A. Denman, PhD, Centro de Estudios en Salud y Sociedad, El Colegio de Sonora, Avenida Obregón 54, Colonia Centro, Hermosillo, Sonora, México 83000 Carlos Mendoza Montano, PhD, Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP), Calzada Roosevelt 6-25 Zona 11, Apartado Postal 1188, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala Thomas A. Gaziano, MD, MSc, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston MA, 02115, USA Naomi Levitt, MD, Chronic Diseases Initiative for Africa, J 47/86, Old Groote Schuur Building, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, 7925. Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa Alvaro Rivera-Andrade, MD, Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP), Calzada Roosevelt 6-25 Zona 11, Apartado Postal 1188, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala Diana Munguía Carrasco, Centro de Estudios en Salud y Sociedad, El Colegio de Sonora, Avenida Obregón 54, Colonia Centro, Hermosillo, Sonora, México 83000 Jabu Zulu, RN, School of Public Health, c/o Dr. Thandi Puoane, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, Republic of South Africa Masuma Akter Khanam, MBBS, MPH, and © 2014 World Heart Federation (Geneva). Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Correspondence to: Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Shafika_Abrahams-Gessel@Harvard.Edu. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. HHS Public Access Author manuscript Glob Heart. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 March 01. Published in final edited form as: Glob Heart. 2015 March ; 10(1): 45–54. doi:10.1016/j.gheart.2014.12.008. Author Manuscript Author Manuscript Author Manuscript Author Manuscript