“I think taking herbal medicine first can help prevent. If it doesn’t work, then can take start taking the medication given by the doctors.” Patients’ perceptions towards hypertension in Fiji

• Avock Johnny Jonathan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Suva, Fiji Islands

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• Masoud Mohammadnezhad ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: masraqo@hotmail.com

  Affiliations School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, Department of Health Education and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5048-9719

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• Filimone Raikanikoda

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Primary Care, Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji Islands

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