Type of physical activity goal influences participation in healthy midlife women
Women who engage in physical activity in order to achieve a sense of wellbeing and stress reduction remain more consistently motivated than women for whom weight loss and health benefits are the primary goals. Weight maintenance and toning goals were also more effective than weight loss... Journal Summary
Perception of ischaemic heart disease, knowledge of and attitude to reduction of its risk factors
Even though a high level of educational attainment seems to influence the knowledge of risk factors of ischemic heart disease, the findings of the present study suggest overall poor knowledge and level of adoption of preventive strategies even among the well educated... Journal Review
Smoke-free health care in New South Wales, Australia
The New South Wales model for adopting smoke-free health care environments offers both proof of effectiveness and an example that might be utilized in other health service systems that want to take the important step of removing tobacco smoke from the workplace and clinical settings... Case for Prevention
Real men wear gowns
A creative public awareness campaign has been launched in the US to raise awareness among middle-aged men about the importance of preventive medical testing. The campaign encourages men over 40 to learn which preventive screening tests they need and when they need to get them... Case for Prevention
Turnoff Week
In the US, next week (April 21-27) is "Turnoff Week," which is part of a national awareness campaign to decrease the amount of time children and teens spend in front of computers, televisions, videos, films, etc., in order to promote health behaviors.... Case for Prevention
Isfahan Air Pollution Control Project
A number of interventions were designed by the Isfahan Healthy Heart Program and Isfahan Province under the title of the "Comprehensive Program for Air Pollution Control" for controlling air pollution. Case for Prevention
Perceptions, knowledge and beliefs about prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Villa Nueva, Guatemala
This study in Villa Nueva, Guatemala, demonstrates the need for effective CVD prevention programs to address social determinants of health such as fear of violence, the absence of adequate places to exercise, inaccessiblity of healthy diets, and time limitations to prepare healthy foods... Journal Review
Effectiveness of the Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed (DESMOND) Programme for people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: Cluster randomised controlled trial
The structured group education program below for patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes resulted in greater improvements in weight loss and smoking cessation and positive improvements in beliefs about illness... Journal Review
Oxford Health Alliance 2008 summit
Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: 25 - 27 February 2008
Conference Report
Cardiovascular events during the 2006 World Cup championship
A German study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that, during the 2006 World Cup Championship, German men were 3.26 times more likely to experience a coronary event... Journal Summary
Schools, stores team up on healthier snacks
Schools have come down hard on soft drinks in recent years, banning the sugary beverages from vending machines and lunchrooms. Now, the city is taking its fight against childhood obesity to the corner stores... Case for Prevention
Happy 10 Pilot Intervention, Beijing, China
"Happy 10" is a pilot intervention in Beijing schools to address China's epidemic of childhood obesity. In Beijing, the capital of China, 17% of 10- to 12-year-olds are obese... Case for Prevention
Decreasing Storefront Advertising Initiative, Sociedad Latina, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Shortly after a Boston-based Latino youth advocacy group presented results of its study examining unhealthy product advertising in local stores, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino urged the city's convenience stores at a December 2007 press conference to adhere to city regulations on advertising... Case for Prevention
Symptom presentation of women with acute coronary syndromes
Data from this study could be utilized to more systematically design community-based educational programs to encourage the more rapid care seeking behavior of men and women experiencing symptoms of an acute coronary syndrome and to reduce associated burden in both men and in women...
Journal Review
Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in rural adults from Liaoning Province, Northeast China
Results from this study suggest a timely and important need to develop
a broad public health-based hypertension education initiative for
purposes of case finding efforts, prevention and control of this
chronic condition in the rural areas of Northeast China...
Journal Review
National Heart Foundation of Papua New Guinea
The National Heart Foundation of Papua New Guinea was one of the finalists of the 2007 Louise Lown Heart Hero Award. Case for Prevention
Cost-effectiveness of 10 nutrition interventions
Nutrition interventions can constitute a highly efficient component of a strategy to reduce the growing disease burden linked to over/poor nutrition... Journal Review
Community-based interventions to reduce overweight and obesity in China: a systematic review of the Chinese and English literature
Comprehensive interventions with physical activity, dietary
intervention and education may be effective in reducing childhood and
adolescent obesity in China...
Journal Review
South Asian Society on Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (SASAT), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, and Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
The South Asian Society on Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis was one of the finalists of the 2007 Louise Lown Heart Hero Award. Case for Prevention
Pateros Healthy Lifestyle Program, Pateros, the Philippines
The Pateros Healthy Lifestyle Program was a finalists of the 2007 Louise Lown Heart Hero Award. Case for Prevention
