title: Heart health in rural Saskatchewan.
abstract: In Saskatchewan, as in the rest of Canada, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and hospitalization. Indeed, the rate of decline in mortality has been slower in Saskatchewan than in most other provinces. So when the federal-provincial Canadian Heart Health Initiative was established in 1986, the province set up the Saskatchewan Heart Health Program both to form part of the national initiative and to take advantage of the opportunities implicit in it.
authors.affiliation: Saskatchewan Heart Health Program, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Ebbesen
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Ramsden
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Reeder
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012525:Saskatchewan / Q000453:epidemiology