Campbell Norm Rc, Schutte Aletta E, Varghese Cherian V, Ordunez Pedro, Zhang Xin-Hua, Khan Taskeen, Sharman James E, Whelton Paul K, Parati Gianfranco, Weber Michael A, Orías Marcelo, Jaffe Marc G, Moran Andrew E, Plavnik Frida Liane, Ram Venkata S, Brainin Michael, Owolabi Mayowa O, Ramirez Agustin J, Barbosa Eduardo, Bortolotto Luiz Aparecido, Lackland Daniel T
Departamento de Medicina, Fisiología y Farmacología y Ciencias de la Salud de la Comunidad, Instituto O'Brien para Salud Pública e Instituto Cardiovascular Libin de Alberta, Universidad de Calgary Calgary, Alberta Canadá Departamento de Medicina, Fisiología y Farmacología y Ciencias de la Salud de la Comunidad, Instituto O'Brien para Salud Pública e Instituto Cardiovascular Libin de Alberta, Universidad de Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canadá.
Unidad para la Hipertensión y las Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Equipo de Investigación de la Hipertensión en África (HART), Universidad Noroccidental Potchefstroom Sudáfrica Unidad para la Hipertensión y las Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Equipo de Investigación de la Hipertensión en África (HART), Universidad Noroccidental, Potchefstroom, Sudáfrica.
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2021 Feb 26;45:e26. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2021.26. eCollection 2021.
About 1/4th of adults have high blood pressure which is the single most important risk for death (including heart disease and stroke).There are effective policies that could facilitate people making healthy choices to prevent raised blood pressure, and if fully implemented, could largely prevent hypertension from occurring.Hypertension is easy to screen and treat for BUT only about 50% of adults with hypertension are aware of their condition and only about 1 in 7 is adequately treated.Preventing and controlling high blood pressure is the major mechanism for NCD prevention and control and a model for other NCD risks.Effective lifestyle and drug treatments could prevent and control hypertension in most individuals if systematically applied to the population, simple interventions are feasible in all settings, and can be used to enhance primary care.Urgent sustained action is needed is needed for effective public policies and health system changes to prevent and control hypertension.
约四分之一的成年人患有高血压，这是导致死亡（包括心脏病和中风）的最重要单一风险因素。有一些有效的政策可以促使人们做出健康选择以预防血压升高，如果这些政策得到全面实施，很大程度上可以预防高血压的发生。高血压易于筛查和治疗，但只有约50%的高血压成年人知晓自己的病情，且只有约七分之一的人得到充分治疗。预防和控制高血压是预防和控制非传染性疾病的主要机制，也是应对其他非传染性疾病风险的典范。如果系统地应用于人群，有效的生活方式干预和药物治疗可以预防和控制大多数人的高血压，简单的干预措施在所有环境中都是可行的，并且可用于加强初级保健。需要采取紧急持续行动，制定有效的公共政策并改革卫生系统，以预防和控制高血压。
