Background:
Improving cardiovascular health among high-risk groups is a population health priority. Cardiovascular events are highly preventable, through interventions that promote effective health behaviour change such as smoking cessation, weight reduction, physical activity and exercise, and blood pressure and lipid lowering therapies. By conducting a review of the existing literature and semi-structured interviews with GPs practice nurses and practice teams, this study will examine how best to promote health behaviour change to prevent/reduce cardiovascular disease among patients in disadvantaged communities. Methods
A literature review will be carried out examining interventions that promote effective health behaviour change to prevent cardiovascular disease among patients in disadvantaged communities. Secondly, semi-structured interviews will be conducted with a purposive sample of 10-12 GPs, practice nurses and practice teams, located in disadvantaged areas in Ireland to elicit their views on how best to promote health behaviour change to prevent cardiovascular disease among patients.
Anticipated Results
The findings from the literature review and interviews with practice nurses and practice teams, will inform policy and practice on how best to promote health behaviour change to prevent cardiovascular disease among patients in disadvantaged communities.
