Physician training and home health education to lower BP in Pakistan
Twin strategies of health education delivered at home by trained community health workers and training of local GPs in hypertension management was found to significantly lower blood pressure as well as increase the proportion of hypertensives with controlled blood pressure... Journal Review
Nurse-managed, lay-led tobacco cessation in a poor setting
This study highlights the potential important role of nurses and non-health professionals in overall chronic disease risk reduction strategies in developing countries with scarce resources... Journal Review
Comparison of radio and television anti-smoking campaigns
Radio can provide a cost-effective alternative to television anti-smoking campaigns.... Journal Review
Community-based cardiovascular risk assessment program
Components, tools, and processes of a community-based cardiovascular risk assessment program in Canada are sufficiently robust for adoption by diverse organizations and can achieve support and uptake by older adults across different communities... Journal Review
Case for Prevention: 20 Songs for the Heart, Philippines
Because of his observation that Filipinos love music, Dr. Adolfo Bellosillo of the Foundation for Lay Education of Heart Disease (FLEHD) started a project in 2004 to create "Songs for the Heart," in order to educate the public about heart disease. With help from a colleague with a music background, Dr. Bellosillo has written 20 songs including "Hypertension: the silent killer" and "Exercise to your heart's content," which have been performed at conferences, meetings, and as part of a musical... Case for Prevention
Case for Prevention: Promoting cardiovascular health among prisoners in India
Dr. Srinivas Ramaka and colleagues at the Srinivasa Heart Centre provide cardiac screenings and regular follow-up to the 1200 prisoners of Central Jail Warangal in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India, highlighting the fact that "Prisoner's health is part of public health." The Srinivasa Heart team facilitates health education and tobacco prevention programs and disseminates copies of Meeru-Mee Gunde, a heart health booklet written in Telugu, the local language... Case for Prevention
Case for Prevention: Unsick UVic Health Promotion Society/University of Victoria, Canada
The student-led anti-tobacco efforts of Unsick UVic Health Promotion Society at the campus of the University of Victoria in Canada led to the implementation of a university-wide smoking policy that limited smoking within or near buildings and structures, as well as within university-owned vehicles. In 2008, Unsick UVic founder Robert Obara created the ‘Drop Dead' event, where participants pretended to be dead, symbolizing the consequences of tobacco use--an event which stimulated public and media interest... Case for Prevention
Case for Prevention: Tobacco control efforts of the Vision for Alternative Development, Ghana
Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) organizes periodic forums for the general public and programs for youth of East Ayawaso, Accra, Ghana, to increase awareness of the health hazards of tobacco use. VALD has advocated for implementation of tobacco control policies via media campaigns and a blog, and played a part in influencing Ghana to ratify the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2004... Case for Prevention
Case for Prevention: Global Battle Against Tobacco, India
V. Regunathan of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, embarked on the Global Battle Against Tobacco to collect 10 million signatures from around the world on 10,000 banners and someday display them across 25 km of a city. Whenever Regunathan attends an event in India or abroad, he obtains an oath from local youth to lead a tobacco-free life and has them sign his banners. His innovative media approach to highlight the harms of tobacco has so far gathered more than 1000 banners and reached out to 250,000 youths... Case for Prevention
Case for Prevention: Chandigarh Healthy Heart Action Project, Chandigarh, India
The evidence-based Chandigarh Healthy Heart Action Project was launched in 2004 to increase CVD risk factor awareness in Chandigarh, India, through health promotion, health staff training using WHO CVD risk management guidelines, and surveillance of noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors using the WHO STEP approach. Due to its advocacy efforts, Chandigarh was declared smoke-free in July 2007. The project was scaled up to a five-year (2007-2012) integrated state NCD control program... Case for Prevention
Case for Prevention: GoodNEWS program, Dallas, Texas, USA
GoodNEWS is a community-based program to reduce CVD risk factors among members of 28 African American congregations in Dallas, Texas, USA. Trained Lay Health Promoters collaborating with health faculty from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center significantly increased physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption and reduced intake of fried foods among congregation members, many of whom had family history of hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, and heart disease... Case for Prevention
Case for Prevention: Promoting activity in a public housing community
The excess burden of obesity and diabetes among low-income and minority populations is due, in part, to built and social environments that lack access to recreation areas or places to walk, and do not provide physical safety, social support, and engaging programs. When a 1600-unit housing project in Seattle, Washington, USA, was rebuilt with the goal of increasing physical activity, walking, general health, and social connectedness all increased significantly as a result of the project... Case for Prevention
Worksite program based on cardiac rehab reduces risk, costs by 50%
Implementation of a 12-month innovative and effective workplace wellness program reduced employee medical claim costs by about 50%, improved their physical and mental health... Journal Summary
Case for Prevention: Nurses and tobacco control in Thailand
Nurses are considered a driving force in Thailand's tobacco control movement because they train fellow nurses and other health professionals on tobacco control issues and educate patients about living a smoke-free life. They have been leading a large scale tobacco control initiative throughout Thailand under the Nurses Network against Tobacco and Substance Abuse and other Thai nurse organizations... Case for Prevention
Kumasi, Ghana, celebrates World Heart Day 2009
Radio broadcasts, visits to churches and prisons, workplace presentations, free fresh oranges and melons, and a 10-kilometer walk that attracted more than 1200 people and included two brass bands were some of the activities during Kumasi's two-week celebration of World Heart Day 2009 and its theme, "Work with Your Heart"... Case for Prevention
World Heart Day 2009: Workplace wellness tips
A workplace wellness program does not need to be complex or expensive in order for it to be effective. The World Heart Federation offers tips for promoting health in the workplace and creating a workplace wellness program... Case for Prevention
Worksite nutrition and physical activity interventions to address obesity
Worksite nutrition and physical activity programs achieve modest improvements in employee weight status at 6-12-month follow-up, according to a systematic review... Journal Summary
Promoting physical activity in the workplace
Offering physical activity programs at work may be an efficient strategy to promote heart health... Journal Summary
Heart healthy tips for Ramadaan
Registered Dietitian Ayesha Seedat of the Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa provides "heart healthy tips for Ramadaan" to ensure good heart healthy during the fasting month, which starts on 21 August 2009... Case for Prevention
Developing nutrition education resources for a multi-ethnic population in New Zealand
Modest improvements in shopping habits and the nutrient content of purchased and consumed foods are likely to have substantial health benefits, if they are adopted widely... Journal Review
