Message dissemination for a community-based cardiovascular disease prevention programme (The North Karelia Project)
Engelsk titel: Message dissemination for a community-based cardiovascular disease prevention programme (The North Karelia Project)
Författare:
Kottke, Thomas E.
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 15
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 3513
Sammanfattning
The North Karelia Project was a community-based pilot programme in an Eastern Finnish community of 180,000 adults. During the intervention period from 1972 to 1977, the project successfully level was feasible and could results in a significant reduction in disease rates. The North Karelia Project used mass media for dissemination of the message, but relied on face-to-face contact to persuade people to adopt the new lifestyles.