Dolecek T A, Schoenberger J A, Oman J K, Kremer B K, Sunseri A J, Alberti J M
Food and Nutrition Services Department, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Am J Prev Med. 1986 Sep-Oct;2(5):262-7.
We present our findings on cardiovascular risk factor knowledge and belief in prevention from a survey administered to adult family members of children participating in a Chicago school health education program. The major risk factor most frequently recognized and understood appeared to be hypertension. Cigarette smoking and cholesterol were least frequently recognized. Few respondents could identify all three of the major risk factors, high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, and cholesterol. Non-high-school graduates and the Hispanic subgroup demonstrated less knowledge and understanding. The results confirm the benefits of the extensive high blood pressure education programs of the past decade and support the need for similar interventions in nutrition and smoking prevention and cessation. Innovative approaches toward the less-educated and the Hispanic subgroups within the population also appear necessary to accelerate the encouraging decline in cardiovascular diseases seen over the past two decades.
我们展示了对参与芝加哥学校健康教育项目儿童的成年家庭成员进行调查所得出的关于心血管危险因素知识及预防观念的研究结果。最常被认识和理解的主要危险因素似乎是高血压。吸烟和胆固醇则最不常被认识到。很少有受访者能识别出高血压、吸烟和胆固醇这所有三个主要危险因素。非高中毕业生和西班牙裔亚组的知识和理解水平较低。结果证实了过去十年广泛开展的高血压教育项目的益处，并支持在营养及吸烟预防与戒烟方面开展类似干预措施的必要性。针对人群中受教育程度较低者和西班牙裔亚组采取创新方法，对于加快过去二十年来令人鼓舞的心血管疾病发病率下降趋势似乎也是必要的。
