International Comparison of Awareness and Attitudes Towards Coronary Risk Factor Reduction: The HELP Study

Perceived Risk of Heart Attack: A Function of Gender?

“…Otherwise, provider-initiated teaching or treatment plans may not be adhered to, or found effective. In an international study comparing awareness and attitudes toward cardiac risk factor reduction, Shepherd (1998) found comparable results. The researchers agreed that if health promotion interventions were made more sensitive to individual perceptions, the interventions would become more effective in their impact on individual behavior changes.…”

“…■ Structural barriers to medical care for women. Shepherd (1998) Descriptive survey, N = 10,018 Explored information, ■ Instead of a physician, friends and 5 European countries 50% F awareness and attitudes magazines were more common sources about heart disease. of health information.…”

Do citizens have minimum medical knowledge? A survey

“…However, to date, little has been known about the level of health knowledge in the general public. Some studies have investigated the relationship between attitudes and health behaviour [2-4], focused on one single health issue [3,5,6] or did not investigate the general public [4,7]. …”

Maximising secondary prevention therapies in patients with coronary heart disease

“…Illness behaviour and wider social factors powerfully influence this process. For instance, despite having some knowledge of their condition patients with CHD may still not fully appreciate their risk of further events;18 they therefore may feel less involved in their own treatment. Furthermore, recent studies suggest that long-term treatment compliance might vary by symptom status or CHD severity; medication compliance in asymptomatic patients may be 50% or less 19 20…”