Syme S Leonard
Division of Public Health, Biology & Epidemiology, University of California School of Public Health, 140 Warren Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-7360, USA.
Ann Intern Med. 2003 Sep 2;139(5 Pt 2):400-2. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-139-5_part_2-200309021-00004.
Interventions designed to encourage people to change high-risk behavior have not been very successful. This is an important challenge because the number of older people in the population will double within the next 20 to 30 years. The increase will put enormous strain on an already overburdened medical care system. We therefore will need to put more emphasis on disease prevention programs. Helping people change high-risk behavior will be the key to prevention. To develop more effective prevention programs, we will have to train a new generation of experts who can not only provide people with risk information but also work with them as partners in achieving mutually agreed upon goals.
旨在鼓励人们改变高风险行为的干预措施成效并不显著。这是一项重大挑战，因为在未来20至30年内，老年人口数量将翻番。这一增长将给本就不堪重负的医疗体系带来巨大压力。因此，我们需要更加重视疾病预防项目。帮助人们改变高风险行为将是预防的关键。为制定更有效的预防项目，我们必须培养新一代专家，他们不仅要为人们提供风险信息，还要与他们合作，共同实现双方商定的目标。
