Beliefs about heart disease prevention among Jamaican service club members
Cajanus
; 24(3): 152-71, 1991.
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Localização: JM3.1; RA784.C3
ABSTRACT
A knowledge survey on heart disease prevention or heart health was administered to 320 male and female Jamaican service club members. Respondents demonstrated moderate-to-high awareness of heart health in general (88 percent) but substantially less awareness of healthy heart nutrition (48.0 percent). Those respondents who demonstrated significantly higher awareness of heart health tended to be normotensive and non-smokers; self-described overweight and university-educated respondents. Those respondents who demonstrated significantly higher awareness of the relationship between diet and heart disease prevention tended to be male, university-educated, and affiliated to Rotary or Kiwanis (compared to the Lions Club). Due to the absence of existing data and awareness of weight loss strategies among Caribbean people, these data are particularly interesting. Approximately 43.6 percent of male and 56.7 percent of female respondents had attenpted to lose weight in the 6-month period prior to the survey. These weight loss attempts coexisted with moderately high levels of awareness of the best strategies for weight loss. Female respondents (56.7 percent) and recent dieters (73.8 percent) were significantly more likely to identify both strategies than male respondents (47.3 percent); and those who had never attempted to lose weight (26.2 percent). The data suggests that the existing knowledge gaps about heart disease prevention among privileged Jamaican are apparent in two areas; (1) the relationship between diet and heart disease; and (2) practical strategies for permanent weight loss which encourage individuals to translate knowledge into healthful behaviour. (AU)
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Base de dados:
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Assunto principal:
Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Cardiopatias
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Jamaica
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cajanus
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Article