Evaluation of a mass-media campaign to increase the awareness of the need to reduce discretionary salt use in the South African population

Nutrients

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Wentzel Viljoen, Edelweiss ^a   Steyn, Krisela ^b   Lombard, Carl ^c   De Villiers, Anniza ^c   Charlton, Karen ^d,e   Frielinghaus, Sabine ^f   Crickmore, Christelle ^g   Mungal Singh, Vash ^g  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e ILLAWARRA HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f MQ Market Intelligence   (South Africa)

^g Heart and Stroke Foundation of Southern Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mass media public health campaign; Salt reduction; Salt strategy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALT INTAKE; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COOKING; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; COOKING; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85034430611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu9111238     Document Type: Article

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