Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP): A community cluster-randomised trial among elderly Canadians

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 537-544

  Kaczorowski, Janusz ^a,b,e,f   Chambers, Larry W ^c,d   Karwalajtys, Tina ^e   Dolovich, Lisa ^e,f   Farrell, Barbara ^c   McDonough, Beatrice ^g   Sebaldt, Rolf ^e,f   Levitt, Cheryl ^e   Hogg, William ^c,d   Thabane, Lehana ^e,f   Tu, Karen ^h   Goeree, Ron ^e   Paterson, J Michael ^e,f,h   Shubair, Mamdouh ^e,g   Gierman, Tracy ^c   Sullivan, Shannon ^c   Carter, Megan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^g City of Hamilton Public Health and Community Services Department   (Canada)

^h INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Cardiovascular diseases; Community medicine; Health promotion; Hypertension; Randomized controlled trial; Voluntary workers

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMMUNITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PHARMACIST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 44949195775     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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