The North Karelia Project: a Programme for Community Control of Cardiovascular Diseases
The North Karelia Project: a programme for community control of cardiovascular diseases. Puska, P., Koskela, K., Pakarinen, H., Puumalainen, P., Soininen, V., and Tuomilehto, J. (Co-ordinating Centre of the North Karelia Project, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland). In this article the background...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/140349487600400311 2023-05-15T17:00:11+02:00 The North Karelia Project: a Programme for Community Control of Cardiovascular Diseases Puska, Pekka Koskela, Kaj Pakarinen, Hilkka Puumalainen, Pirjo Soininen, Väinö Tuomilehto, Jaakko 1976 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/140349487600400311 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/140349487600400311 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine volume 4, issue 1-3, page 57-60 ISSN 0300-8037 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health journal-article 1976 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/140349487600400311 2022-04-14T04:53:47Z The North Karelia Project: a programme for community control of cardiovascular diseases. Puska, P., Koskela, K., Pakarinen, H., Puumalainen, P., Soininen, V., and Tuomilehto, J. (Co-ordinating Centre of the North Karelia Project, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland). In this article the background and principles of the intervention and evaluation of the North Karelia Project are presented. The project is a comprehensive community control programme concerning cardiovascular diseases in the province of North Karelia, Eastern Finland. In the baseline survey of the project (1972), 25–59-year-old males had a particularly high of CVD level risk factors: there were 54% current smokers, the mean cholesterol was 269 mg% and the mean casual blood pressure was 147/90 mmHg. According to the myocardial infarction register the incidence rate of acute myocardial infarction was, during the first year of the project (1972), 13.8 per thousand among 30–64-yearold males. During the first 2 1/2 of the intervention the percentage of current smokers decreased among males from 54 to 42. The percentage of males using low-fat milk increased from 17 to 48. The percentage of males who had had their blood pressure measured during the previous half year increased from 28 to 56 and those under antihypertensive drug treatment from 3.1 to 9.1. Local groups for secondary prevention of myocardial infarction were established all over the province. On the basis of the accumulated experience and theoretical considerations, the project plan has further been elaborated. Article in Journal/Newspaper karelia* SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Koskela ENVELOPE(25.436,25.436,66.783,66.783) Puska ENVELOPE(23.917,23.917,66.667,66.667) Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine 4 1-3 57 60 |
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The North Karelia Project: a programme for community control of cardiovascular diseases. Puska, P., Koskela, K., Pakarinen, H., Puumalainen, P., Soininen, V., and Tuomilehto, J. (Co-ordinating Centre of the North Karelia Project, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland). In this article the background and principles of the intervention and evaluation of the North Karelia Project are presented. The project is a comprehensive community control programme concerning cardiovascular diseases in the province of North Karelia, Eastern Finland. In the baseline survey of the project (1972), 25–59-year-old males had a particularly high of CVD level risk factors: there were 54% current smokers, the mean cholesterol was 269 mg% and the mean casual blood pressure was 147/90 mmHg. According to the myocardial infarction register the incidence rate of acute myocardial infarction was, during the first year of the project (1972), 13.8 per thousand among 30–64-yearold males. During the first 2 1/2 of the intervention the percentage of current smokers decreased among males from 54 to 42. The percentage of males using low-fat milk increased from 17 to 48. The percentage of males who had had their blood pressure measured during the previous half year increased from 28 to 56 and those under antihypertensive drug treatment from 3.1 to 9.1. Local groups for secondary prevention of myocardial infarction were established all over the province. On the basis of the accumulated experience and theoretical considerations, the project plan has further been elaborated. |
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The North Karelia Project: a Programme for Community Control of Cardiovascular Diseases |
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