Community programme for control of hypertension in North Karelia, Finland.
A community-based programme to improve awareness and control of hypertension was launched in 1972 in North Karelia. It was incorporated in the existing health-services system. An assessment five years later showed that, compared with a reference area not included in the programme, awareness of hypertension had improved, the prevalence of hypertension had dropped, levels of blood-pressure were lower by age-group, and the number of people on antihypertensive treatment had increased.
D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D003154:Community Medicine; D003971:Diastole; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012306:Risk; D013599:Systole; D014944:World Health Organization