title: Setting up a helpline on heart disease.
abstract: This article describes how the first nurse-led national telephone helpline for the prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) was set up and presents the results after the first year of operation. The free service was well received. Most callers were seeking advice on CHD prevention for the first time and traditional risk factors and general healthy lifestyle advice remained major areas of concern.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lindsay
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hinnie
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaw
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000451:nursing / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015277:Hotlines; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom