Looking to the Future: Making CHD an epidemic of the past
Author/Editor: Sharp, Imogen
Produced by: National Heart Forum, 1999
ISBN: 0 11 322093 6
Cost: £22.50
This report addresses the fact that although death rates from coronary heart disease have been falling since the 1970s, the decline has not been as impressive as in other similar countries such as the US and Australia.
It examines what reduces disease rates and how this evidence should be translated into prevention strategies, ensuring the widening inequalities in heart disease rates are addressed.
In particular, it:
- Examines current and future trends in coronary heart disease and its risk factors
- Assesses new research into the causes of the disease, and the implications for policy
- Considers the effectiveness of population policies, individual behaviour change interventions and medical therapies to reduce heart disease risk
- Explores social, demographic, political and economic trends, and their implications
- Sets out a new agenda for preventing coronary heart disease, with clear priorities for the next decade and beyond.
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