Preventive medicine
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We examined the relationship of smoking cessation in parents to smoking and uptake and cessation by their adolescent children. ⋯ Encouraging parents to quit may be an effective method for reducing adolescent smoking, through decreased uptake and increased cessation. The earlier parents quit, the less likely their children will become smokers.
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BACKGROUND. Mortality from coronary heart disease in Finland has declined remarkably since the early 1970s. Most of the change has apparently been due to the active national strategy for reduction of serum cholesterol levels. This study was undertaken to estimate to what extent members of the Finnish parliament (MPs) have complied with the national recommendations. ⋯ The favorable change in the lipid profile of members of the Finnish parliament indicates that they have personally been involved in the national change process. Follow-up of risk factors in national decision-makers is a useful part of comprehensive monitoring of national coronary heart disease prevention activity.
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Preventive medicine · Mar 1999
The role of community pharmacists in health education and disease prevention: a survey of their interests and needs in relation to cardiovascular disease.
Recently there has been increased interest in broadening the role of community pharmacists to include more health education and disease prevention activities such as patient counseling for risk management and interventions to improve compliance. However, to date, there is little information on interest in prevention among community pharmacists or on their current prevention practices. ⋯ There is considerable interest among community pharmacists in expanding their role to include more prevention, but there are many barriers to actualizing this role. Further work should focus on ways to overcome these barriers because pharmacists are particularly well-situated to make an important contribution to prevention.