Effects of a South Korean Community-Based Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program for Low-Income Elderly with Hypertension

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 154-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soon-Ok Yang ◽  
Shin-Jeong Kim ◽  
Seung-Hee Lee
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention ◽  
Community Based ◽  
South Korean

scholarly journals Strong Hearts, healthy communities: a rural community-based cardiovascular disease prevention program

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca A. Seguin ◽  
Galen Eldridge ◽  
Meredith L. Graham ◽  
Sara C. Folta ◽  
Miriam E. Nelson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Healthy Communities

Appointment Adherence to a City-Wide Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program: Its Predictors and Outcomes

2021 ◽  
pp. 101053952110129
Author(s):  
Jina Choo ◽  
Hwa-Mi Yang ◽  
Sooyeon Park ◽  
MiSuk Park ◽  
Yoo Mi Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Fasting Glucose ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention ◽  
Current Smoking ◽  
Appointment Adherence ◽  
Improve Health

This study identified predictors of appointment adherence and examined its impacts on improvements in metabolic risk factors in a free city-wide cardiovascular disease prevention program in Seoul, South Korea. Data of 8251 citizens with metabolic syndrome were used. Appointment adherers were defined as having 70% or higher adherence rates, that is, 3 or more visits. Of the 8251 citizens, 17.6% were appointment adherers. Appointment adherers were significantly more likely to be older, low-income earners, nonsmokers, and nonobese than appointment nonadherers. Moreover, appointment adherers, compared with nonadherers, showed significant improvements in waist circumference, systolic blood pressure, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, but not in fasting glucose and triglycerides. Designing strategies for increasing appointment adherence to a free city-wide cardiovascular disease prevention program is essential to improve health outcomes, especially targeting population groups with young age, high-income, current smoking, or obesity.

OP139 Attaining Universal Electrocardiographic Diagnosis Coverage Through Telemedicine

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Pedro Galvan ◽  
José Ortellado ◽  
Ronald Rivas ◽  
Juan Portillo ◽  
Julio Mazzoleni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Sinus Bradycardia ◽  
Universal Coverage ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Health Technologies

IntroductionInnovative health technologies, like telemedicine, offer advantageous telediagnostic apps that can improve the health care of populations in remote regions. However, evidence on how these developments can enhance universal coverage for electrocardiographic (ECG) diagnosis to support a cardiovascular disease prevention program is limited. The utility of telemedicine for attaining universal coverage for ECG diagnosis according to the national cardiovascular disease prevention program in Paraguay was investigated.MethodsThis cross-sectional survey included adults (aged 19 to 80 years) and children (aged 1 to 18 years) with a medical prescription. The study was carried out by the Telemedicine Unit to evaluate the utility of a telemedicine net for a countrywide detection and prevention program for cardiovascular disease. The results obtained by the tele-ECG net, which was implemented in sixty public hospitals countrywide, were analyzed and used to verify adherence to the cardiovascular prevention program.ResultsBetween 2014 and 2019, 331,418 remote ECG diagnoses were performed. Of these, eighty-two percent (n = 270,539) were in adults and eighteen percent (n = 60,879) were in children. Among the adult diagnoses, the majority (52%) were pathological and included sinus bradycardia (13%), right bundle branch block (6%), left ventricular hypertrophy (5%), and ventricle repolarization disorder (5%). Among the children, only twenty percent of diagnoses pathological and included sinus bradycardia (11%) and sinus tachycardia (4%). The mean rate of adherence to the prevention program was 38.2 per 1,000 diagnoses performed.ConclusionsThe results showed that telemedicine can significantly enhance coverage for universal ECG diagnosis to support cardiovascular disease prevention and health programs. However, before carrying out the systematic implementation of such a program contextualization using the regional epidemiological profile must be performed.

Community-based lifestyle modification workforce: an underutilised asset for cardiovascular disease prevention

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nerida Volker ◽  
Lauren T. Williams ◽  
Rachel C. Davey ◽  
Thomas Cochrane
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Lifestyle Modification ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention ◽  
System Response ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Allied Health Professionals ◽  
Community Sector

This paper reports on a qualitative study exploring the capacity of the community sector to support a whole-of-system response to cardiovascular disease prevention in primary health care. As a component of the Model for Prevention (MoFoP) study, community-based lifestyle modification providers were recruited in the Australian Capital Territory to participate in focus group discussions; 34 providers participated across six focus groups: 20 Allied Health Professionals (four groups) and 14 Lifestyle Modification Program providers (two groups). Thematic analysis of focus group transcripts was undertaken using a mixed deductive and inductive approach. Participant responses highlight several barriers to their greater contribution to cardiovascular disease prevention. These included that prevention activities are not valued, limited sector linkages, inadequate funding models and the difficulty of behaviour change. Findings suggest that improvements in the value proposition of prevention for all stakeholders would be supported by improved funding mechanisms and increased opportunities to build relationships across health and community sectors.

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