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Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Effectiveness of Health Education Interventions on Modifying Cardiovascular Diseases Risk Factors: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Radwan NM1*, Al-Khashan HM2, Alamri FA2, Kabbash E3, Abu-Elenin MM3 and El-Olemy AT4
1Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Ministry of Health, Tanta University, Saudi Arabia
2Department of Family Medicine, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
3Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
4National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Saudi Arabia
*Corresponding Author: Radwan NM, Department of Clinical Education, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia, Tel: 00966540261707, Email: radwan.n.m@gmail.com

Received Date: Jul 03, 2019 / Accepted Date: Oct 26, 2019 / Published Date: Nov 01, 2019

Citation: Radwan NM, Al-Khashan HM, Alamri FA, Kabbash E, Abu-Elenin MM, et al. (2019) Effectiveness of Health Education Interventions on Modifying Cardiovascular Diseases Risk Factors: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Community Med Health Educ 9:669

Copyright: © 2019 Radwan NM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

 
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Abstract

Background: Cardiovascular disease is linked to certain risk behaviours and health education has become the most commonly used measure for modifying these risk behaviours.

Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of health education interventions on modifying cardiovascular diseaserisk factors.

Search methods: We searched the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE and EMBASE during the past twenty years.

Selection criteria: We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on health education interventions aimed atmodifying cardiovascular diseases risk factors.

Conclusion: Wellbeing instruction intercessions could be powerful in changing frame of mind of individuals towardutilization of solid eating regimen, performing physical action and in quitting smoking. However, it is not effective inreducing body weight, blood pressure and blood sugar.

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