Twelve-Year Follow-Up of American Women’s Awareness of Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Barriers to Heart Health
Author(s) -
Lori Mosca,
Heidi MochariGreenberger,
Rowena J Dolor,
L. Kristin Newby,
Karen Robb
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular quality and outcomes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.692
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1941-7705
pISSN - 1941-7713
DOI - 10.1161/circoutcomes.109.915538
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , disease , random digit dialing , gerontology , cause of death , public health , demography , family medicine , environmental health , population , nursing , sociology , anthropology
Awareness of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk has been linked to taking preventive action in women. The purpose of this study was to assess contemporary awareness of CVD risk and barriers to prevention in a nationally representative sample of women and to evaluate trends since 1997 from similar triennial surveys.
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