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· Ismarys Manresa posted Jan 20, 2018 1:03 PM

Cardiovascular diseases health promotion

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) involve a number of diseases that affect the heart and the blood circulatory system. Examples of such diseases include myocardial infarction which is commonly known as heart attack, coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure, among others. This is among the leading global health issues due to its high prevalence and mortality rate. Unlike some other global health issues such as malaria, CVDs have been rising gradually over the recent years, which has raised an alarm across the global community on the effective measures that can help curb its rise. According to a recent report by the World Health Organization (2017), an estimated 17.7 million people lost their lives globally in 2015 due to CVDs, which constituted to 31% of the overall number of deaths in that particular year. However, this was a slight increase from the 17.5 million people that lost their lives due to the same issue in 2012.

One of the greatest challenges in addressing the issue of CVDs is the various health risks that are directly and indirectly attributed to the rise in both the prevalence and mortality rate of the diseases. In this case, issues that raise the body and blood fat and sugar content as well as other issues that affect the blood pressure influence the prevalence of the diseases. According to Stajic & Djonovic (2016), some other prevalent health issues such as diabetes, overweight, high alcohol consumption, psychological conditions such as stress, and obesity heavily contribute to the high prevalence. Unfortunately, these health issues have also been rising in the recent past, which further raises the risks associated with CVDs. At the same time, American Heart Association (2017) reports that developed nations record higher mortalities and prevalence than developing nations due to their lifestyles.

There are a number of strategies that can be used to address this rise on a global level. However, there are major challenges associated with this practice due to the inconsistency that comes with CVDs. Unlike some other conditions that can be easily predicted, CVDs affect both developed and developing nations, the rich and the poor, as well as the high and low social classes in within the global community. As noted by Driver, Djousse, Gaziano, Kurth & Logroscino (2008), only a few factors such as age can be easily predicted, which makes it hard to develop a uniform intervention program for CVDs at the global level. In this case, it is necessary to develop customized intervention programs as well as conduct multiple research across distinct communities in order to develop relevant education, prevention, and treatment plans that fit a particular group. Some of these methods include raising the awareness of risk factors such as high blood pressure, excessive weight, high alcohol consumption, lack of exercise, and poor diets.

In order to effectively educate the members of the public on prevention and treatment plants, it is necessary to ensure that various cultural differences such as language barriers, different levels of education, and different lifestyles are addressed. While educating the public on exercise and diet, it is necessary to ensure that the covered items are readily available and affordable across each society. At the same time, peers educators amongst distinct communities should be involved so as to ensure easy communication and overcome barriers related to communication, language, and culture. This should also incorporate different methods of communication. In many developed nations and also those dominated by the young generation, for example, there is a high utilization of internet, social media, and some mainstream media methods such as television. However, this is not the case among some marginalized and poor communities due to low education status and adoption of technology, which makes it necessary to utilize alternatives such as word of mouth as well as physical adverts such as billboards