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Proactive screening and health education therefore become important interventions.\n\nAim:\u00a0This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of hypertension among community members in a low-income, peri-urban community.\n\nSetting:\u00a0The study was conducted in Otjomuise township, Windhoek, Namibia.\n\nMethods:\u00a0A quantitative, cross-sectional design with a survey method was followed. A pre-validated health screening instrument was used to record the presence of hypertension in a sample of 358 community members who presented for screening over 2 days. A purposive sampling method was employed. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure reading were recorded, analysed and categorised using the American Heart Association classification scale. Blood pressures were classified as being either normal, elevated, hypertension stage 1 or hypertension stage 2. The data were analysed by a statistician using SPSS version 27 statistical software program and presented in tables.\n\nResults:\u00a0A total of 210\/358 (59%) of participants were found to have blood pressures within normal limits. Moreover, 57\/358 (16%) had elevated blood pressures, 52\/358 (14%) were in hypertension stage 1 and 39\/358 (11%) were in hypertension stage 2.\n\nConclusion:\u00a0The 41% prevalence of abnormally elevated blood pressures found in our study is in line with the findings of other studies and confirms that hypertension in the Namibian population remains an ongoing public health concern. Larger scale and more regular screening exercises with appropriate referral are recommended.\n\nContribution:\u00a0Our study give insight on the prevalence of hypertension in a community in Namibia.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4102\/phcfm.v17i1.4735","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,18]],"date-time":"2025-04-18T20:04:41Z","timestamp":1745006681000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4102\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Prevalence of hypertension in community members in a low-income community in Windhoek, Namibia"],"prefix":"10.4102","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3345-4717","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zelda","family":"Janse van Rensburg","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/04z6c2n17","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of Johannesburg"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7312-6654","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Craig","family":"Vincent-Lambert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/04z6c2n17","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of Johannesburg"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2580","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Abu-El-Noor NI, Aljeesh YI, Bottcher B, Abu-El-Noor MK. 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