title: Global cardiovascular disease prevention: a call to action for nursing: community-based and public health prevention initiatives.
abstract: Policy changes are necessary to promote cardiovascular disease prevention. These will involve community-based and public health initiatives for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. In this article, we discuss such interventions, community-based participatory research that has been conducted in this area, and implications for capacity building in genetics research. Finally, areas for future research in this area will be identified.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Brooks College of Health, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida 32224-2673, USA. bjflet@att.net
authors.forename: Barbara J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: Cheryl Dennison
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Himmelfarb
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Lira
authors.forename: Janet C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Meininger
authors.forename: Sala Ray
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Pradhan
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sikkema
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D014943:Global Health; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses' / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000639:trends*; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior