TY  - BOOK
ED  - WHO Expert Committee
ED  - World Health Organization
TI  - Community Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Diseases : Report of a WHO Expert  Committee, meeting held in a Geneva from 10 to 17 December 1984
T2  - World Health Organization Technical Report Series 732
SN  - 9241207329
SN  - 05123054
U1  - 610.621 
PY  - 1986///
CY  - Geneva
PB  - World Health Organization
KW  - Adolescent Medicine
KW  - Health Planning
KW  - Health Service Research
KW  - Health of Special Groups
N1  - The problems -- Principles of prevention -- Specific inventions for coronary heart disease and hypertension -- Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease -- Implementation of cardiovascular disease prevention programmes in the community -- The role of government -- The role of non governmental  organizations -- Evaluating progress -- The economic implications of cardiovascular diseases and their prevention -- Conclusions and recommendations
N2  - Sets forth principles and recommendations of prime importance in formulating national or regional plans to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease. Emphasis is paced on strategies for altering the life-style and behaviour of populations in countries with a high standard of living. The report argues for the adoption of a population approach as the most effective strategy for correcting the underlying causes of disease. Coverage ranges from an explanation of husbandry systems that encourage the production of fatty meats to the role of mass media in community-based health education programmes. Other sections detail the specific areas, such as nutrition, smoking, alcohol consumption, blood pressure control, obesity, and oral contraceptives, where interventions could be effective in reducing the incidence of coronary heart disease
ER  -