Population approaches to improve diet, physical activity, and smoking habits: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

D Mozaffarian, A Afshin, NL Benowitz, V Bittner… - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Poor lifestyle behaviors, including suboptimal diet, physical inactivity, and
tobacco use, are leading causes of preventable diseases globally. Although even modest …

Community-based cardiovascular disease prevention programmes and cardiovascular risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Soltani, S Saraf-Bank, R Basirat, A Salehi-Abargouei… - Public Health, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives This study aimed to summarise the effect of community-based intervention
programmes on the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) by reducing …

Effects of a health education intervention on hypertension-related knowledge, prevention and self-care practices in Nigerian retirees: a quasi-experimental study

EL Ozoemena, CN Iweama, OS Agbaje… - Archives of Public …, 2019 - Springer
Background Education is vital to increasing knowledge, improving prevention and self-care
practices for hypertension in older adults. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of …

Improving cardiovascular health at population level: 39 community cluster randomised trial of Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP)

J Kaczorowski, LW Chambers, L Dolovich, JM Paterson… - Bmj, 2011 - bmj.com
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of the community based Cardiovascular Health
Awareness Program (CHAP) on morbidity from cardiovascular disease. Design Community …

[PDF][PDF] Risk factors for hypertension in Canada

AA Leung, T Bushnik, D Hennessy, FA McAlister… - Health …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Background: Hypertension (or high blood pressure) affects almost one in four adults in
Canada. Quantifying risk factors associated with hypertension may help to inform prevention …

What kind of fiscal policies and natural resources efficiency promotes green economic growth? Evidence from regression analysis

K Cui, X Li, G Li - Resources Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The promotion of green economic development and sustainability has received increasing
attention throughout the world in recent years. Regarding global emission reduction efforts …

Impact of community based screening for hypertension on blood pressure after two years: regression discontinuity analysis in a national cohort of older adults in China

S Chen, N Sudharsanan, F Huang, Y Liu, P Geldsetzer… - bmj, 2019 - bmj.com
Objective To estimate the causal impact of community based blood pressure screening on
subsequent blood pressure levels among older adults in China. Design Regression …

Strategies for improving enrollment of diverse populations with a focus on lipid-lowering clinical trials

O Ogungbe, JK Grant, AS Ayoola, E Bansah… - Current Cardiology …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We review under-representation of key demographic groups in
cardiovascular clinical trials, focusing on lipid-lowering trials. We outline multilevel strategies …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of economic evidence on community hypertension interventions

D Zhang, G Wang, H Joo - American journal of preventive medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Context Effective community-based interventions are available to control hypertension. It is
important to determine the economics of these interventions. Evidence acquisition Peer …

[PDF][PDF] Community-based interventions for cardiovascular disease prevention in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review

R Ndejjo, HY Hassen, RK Wanyenze… - Public health …, 2021 - ssph-journal.org
Objectives: To synthesize evidence on the effectiveness of community-based interventions
for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) to …