title: [Model of integrated management of hypertension--population approach].
abstract: Actual transitional moment in Bosnia and Herzegovina has the significant health implication. Several population surveys conducted in the past 10 years period showed the rather high prevalence of main cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension. It was proof that cardiovascular risk factors are preventable. Hence, development and establishment of a model of integrated management of hypertension in actual moment in BIH is necessities due to relatively high level of prevalence of hypertension and limited financial resources in health sector. This paper shows a possible model a model of integrated management of hypertension at population level with active participation of actors from three managerial levels--strategic, tactical and operational.
authors.affiliation: Zavod za javno zdravstvo Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine, Sarajevo.
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pilav
authors.forename: Dragana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Niksić
authors.forename: Vjekoslav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gerc
mesh_terms: D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000628:therapy*