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Zusatztext a very comprehensive! accessible and authoritative tect ... the material is laid out and delivered in such a manageable and attractive style that one is tempted to return to it at frequent intervals ... a very useful and enjoyable text ... I shall recommend this book widely! in particular to practice nurses! as essential reading and the ideal textbook for students of preventive cardiology and health promotion. Klappentext The editors have bridged the gap between scientific rigour and accessibility to produce a book which helps members of the primary health care team to fulfil their obligation to identify people with cardiovascular risk factors among their patients and set up clinics to help reduce that risk. After chapters on how to recognize the risk factors they are given practical methods of risk reduction and guidelines for implementation in practice. Zusammenfassung This book helps members of the primary health care team to fulfil their obligation to identify people with cardiovascular risk factors among their patients and set up clinics to help reduce that risk. After chapters on how to recognize the risk factors they are given practical methods of risk reduction and guidelines for implementation in practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Evidence for reducible risk 1.: Smoking 2.: Hypertension 3.: Lipids and lipoproteins 4.: Nutrition 5.: Exercise 6.: Alcohol 7.: Personality and psychological environment 8.: Diabetes 9.: Social Deprivation 10.: Hormone replacement therapy 11.: Haemostasis 12.: Antioxidants 13.: Prevention of Stroke 14.: Secondary prevention 15.: Multiple risk Part II: Evidence for the effectiveness of implementation 16.: Community-based interventions 17.: Individual interventions and behaviour change 18.: Taking the initiative: strategies and implications 19.: Issues in Measurement 20.: Screening policy Part III: Implementation 21.: The population and individual strategies 22.: Preparing the practice 23.: Principles of patient management ...
