Conceptual Framework Both microfinance and group medical visits can improve health outcomes through many mechanisms. The research team hypothesize that both interventions can cause changes in social network characteristics, leading to improved intermediate factors (diet, physical activity, medication adherence, and retention in care), ultimately yielding CVD risk reduction. It is also possible that both interventions can impact the intermediate factors and health outcomes independent of social network characteristics. Likewise, changes in social network characteristics may mediate the relationship between the interventions and CVD risk reduction independent of the intermediate factors. In addition, the interventions may be related to the health outcomes by other independent pathways. Finally, baseline differences in social network characteristics may moderate the impact of microfinance and group medical visits on CVD risk reduction.