Open AccessCardiovascular Diseases – A Cause to Worry in Indonesia
Author(s) -
Suyanto Suyanto,
Normalina Sandora,
Laode Burhanuddin,
Miftah Azrin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
jurnal informatika dan multimedia/jurnal kesehatan komunitas (journal of community health)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2548-8538
pISSN - 2088-7612
DOI - 10.25311/keskom.vol1.iss2.13
Subject(s) - worry , christian ministry , indonesian government , government (linguistics) , medicine , public health , indonesian , secondary prevention , economic growth , primary prevention , environmental health , political science , disease , psychiatry , pathology , economics , anxiety , linguistics , philosophy , law
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), caused by disorders of the heart and blood vessels, have been associated with changes in peoples’ lifestyles due to the improving economy. In Indonesia, the prevalence CVDs tend to increase recently following the improving of national economic development. In controlling CVD, Indonesian Government particularly Ministry of Health have launched CVD control programme including primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. However, this policy should be disseminated to people. Thus, the general public is more health conscious