Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Through Population-wide Motivational Strategies: Insights From Using Smartphones in Stroke Prevention

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aut.relation.endpagee000306
aut.relation.issue2en_NZ
aut.relation.journalBMJ Global Healthen_NZ
aut.relation.startpagee000306
aut.relation.volume2en_NZ
aut.researcherFeigin, Valery
dc.contributor.authorFeigin, VLen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorNorrving, Ben_NZ
dc.contributor.authorMensah, GAen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-24T02:57:49Z
dc.date.available2017-07-24T02:57:49Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_NZ
dc.date.issued2017en_NZ
dc.description.abstractThe fast increasing stroke burden across all countries of the world suggests that currently used primary stroke and cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention strategies are not sufficiently effective. In this article, we overview the gaps in, and pros and cons of, population-wide and high-risk prevention strategies. We suggest that motivating and empowering people to reduce their risk of having a stroke/CVD by using increasingly used smartphone technologies would bridge the gap in the population-wide and high-risk prevention strategies and reduce stroke/CVD burden worldwide. We emphasise that for primary stroke prevention to be effective, the focus should be shifted from high-risk prevention to prevention at any level of CVD risk, with the focus on behavioural risk factors. Such a motivational population-wide strategy could open a new page in primary prevention of not only stroke/CVD but also other non-communicable disorders worldwide.
dc.identifier.citationBMJ global health, 2(2), e000306.
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000306en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn2059-7908en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/10671
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Group Ltd
dc.relation.urihttp://gh.bmj.com/content/2/2/e000306
dc.rightsThis is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.titlePrimary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Through Population-wide Motivational Strategies: Insights From Using Smartphones in Stroke Preventionen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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