US: CVD prevention efforts result in decreased healthcare costs
The American Heart Association published a paper on the cost-effectiveness and value of primary prevention for CVD, and how changes in systems and interventions can save lives and money...
Global: Using HIV programs to support NCD services
While HIV and NCDs are traditionally thought of as two very different health problems, some of the systems, tools, and approaches of long-term HIV programs could work for NCDs as well...
Global: Realigning the public health curriculum to NCD burden
The American Journal of Public Health recently published an article discussing the need for academic public health to reformat its curriculum to meet the rising demands of NCDs within the global forum...
Global: Developing a national salt reduction program
Developing a national program that reduces dietary salt intake is considered one of the most effective ways to improve the health of a nation overall, however most hypertension and CVD experts lack the training for governmental advocacy or developing NGO national programs aimed at reducing salt levels...
Global: CVD polypill prospects
When it comes to secondary CVD prevention, the polypill should not be viewed in isolation, but as one of several strategies which should include health policies and health promotion...
Global: Community-based or legislative approaches to obesity?
When it comes to reducing obesity, limited evidence supports the effectiveness of community-based approaches and social marketing campaigns, and according to this article, greater gains could be achieved by focusing on regulatory approaches and legislative changes to address obesity...
India: Evidence-based policy for CVD prevention
Developing effective policies and the modification of health care systems are needed for effective CVD prevention in India...
Latin America: The success and challenges of smokefree laws
The Global Smokefree Partnership conducted a survey between January and March 2010 to identify the challenges in implementing smokefree workplaces in Latin America. Where possible, issues specific to smokefree workplaces were identi¬fied, but the survey responses from many countries addressed issues relating to smokefree workplaces and public places as a whole...
Global: Challenges and opportunities in CVD prevention
Many challenges and opportunities exist for CVD prevention, and there is a need for high-quality local surveillance systems that provide the appropriate data needed to develop sound national CVD preventive policies...
Global: Wikipedia as a source for health information
Wikipedia has become a dominant online reference work and discussion of its strengths, weaknesses, and intricacies as a source for health information is needed...
The effect of hypertension on the pediatric brain: a justifiable concern
Pediatric hypertension has become one of the most common and rising chronic conditions, and Sharma et al. underline the effect of hypertension on the pediatric brain...
Addressing non-communicable diseases in the Seychelles: towards a comprehensive plan of action
Started in the late 1980s, the country's NCD prevention and control program could serve as a model for other developing countries...
Developing a national physical activity plan: the Kuwait example
Kuwait is now designing and implementing a National Physical Activity Plan which could also serve as a model for other countries...
Prevention and treatment of rheumatic heart disease in the developing world
While extremely uncommon in the developed world, Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease remain pressing health issues in developing countries, and the authors of this study conclude that secondary prevention is the most cost effective intervention for treating RHD...
From Framingham to the framework convention on tobacco control
Even though several studies, specifically the Framingham heart study, have revealed an increase in cardiovascular disease mortality in smokers compared to nonsmokers, tobacco use continues to be a leading cause of death worldwide...
Blood pressure and cardiovascular disease: Tracing the steps from Framingham
This study examines the risk of cardiovascular disease associated with incremental increases in blood pressure, elucidates the key markers of cardiovascular risk, and refutes several existing misconceptions about the effects of high blood pressure...
Aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular events in people with diabetes
This paper, a joint scientific statement by the American Diabetes Association, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Cardiology Foundation, seeks to provide guidelines for the appropriate use of Aspirin therapy in the prevention of cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes...
Tools for building clinic-community partnerships to support chronic disease control and prevention
This article introduces a framework for building chronic disease partnerships that lends itself to evaluation of partnership contributions toward accomplishment of outcomes, and checklist tools to help partnerships examine the process of partnership across phases of the framework...
The effect of ambient temperature on blood pressure in a rural West African adult population
A significant correlation exists between an individual's resting blood pressure and the ambient air temperature, and this study seeks to quantify that relationship as well as discuss its clinical implications...
The 2008 physical activity guidelines for Americans: Implications for clinical and public health practice
The United States government released its first formal recommendations on physical activity in 2008 and established increased physical activity as a major societal health target for the 21st century...
