Ross C. Brownson|Carol A. Smith|Michael Pratt|Nilsa E. Mack|Jeannette Jackson?Thompson|Cynthia Dean|S Dabney|J C Wilkerson
Preventing cardiovascular disease through community-based risk reduction: the Bootheel Heart Health Project.
Saint Louis University
purpose study determine whether communitybased risk reduction project affected behavioral risk factors cardiovascular diseasecommunitybased activities eg exercise groups healthy cooking demonstrations blood pressure cholesterol screenings cardiovascular disease education conducted six southeastern missouri counties evaluation involved populationbased crosssectional samples adult residents state intervention region weighted prevalence estimates calculated selfreported physical inactivity cigarette smoking consumption fruits vegetables overweight cholesterol screeningphysical inactivity decreased within intervention region communities heart health coalitions developed among respondents aware coalitions addition prevalence rates reports cholesterol screening within past 2 years higher respondents areas coalitions among persons aware coalitionseven modest resources communitybased interventions show promise reducing selfreported risk cardiovascular disease within relatively brief period