Perceptions, knowledge and beliefs about prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Villa Nueva, Guatemala

Prevention and Control

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Montano, Carlos Mendoza ^a   Estrada, Karin ^a   Chávez, Andrea ^a   Ramírez Zea, Manuel ^b  

^a Guatemalan Association for the Prevention of Heart Diseases   (Guatemala)

^b Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Capacity assessment; Cardiovascular diseases prevention and control; Developing countries; Health awareness; National health programmes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 36448941879     PISSN: 15732088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precon.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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