Preventing CHD in primary care: The way forward

Author/Editor: Sharp, Imogen
Produced by: National Heart Forum, 1995
ISBN: 0 11 322000 6
Cost: £7.95

This report explores the role of the primary care team in the context of national health policies to reduce the rates of coronary heart disease. Health promotion is an essential part of primary care, and the report asks how the interventions can be made more effective.

The report:

Examines the evidence on different types of intervention in primary care, and models of behaviour change
Considers the lessons learnt from the two major UK intervention studies carried out in the early 1990s, the OXCHECK Study and the British Family Heart Study, and includes brief overviews of both
Assesses the implications, and makes recommendations for action in health policy, primary care practice, and future research.

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