Open AccessWould Achieving Healthy People 2010’s Targets Reduce Both Population Levels and Social Disparities in Heart Disease?
Author(s) -
Beatriz Alvarado,
Sam Harper,
Robert W. Platt,
George Davey Smith,
John Lynch
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular quality and outcomes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.692
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1941-7713
pISSN - 1941-7705
DOI - 10.1161/circoutcomes.109.884601
Subject(s) - medicine , national health and nutrition examination survey , population , demography , epidemiology , risk factor , psychological intervention , obesity , environmental health , diabetes mellitus , gerontology , endocrinology , sociology , psychiatry
The US Healthy People 2010 (HP2010) agenda set targets for major risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD). However, the potential impact of achieving those risk factor reductions on both population levels and social disparities in CHD has not been quantified.
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