The effects of a health education intervention program among Cretan adolescents
Preventive MedicinePublished 1 November 1991
Christ Lionis, Anthony Kafatos, John Vlachonikolis, Marina Vakaki, Marietta Tzortzi, Antonia Petraki
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The results indicate that this health education program in schools is effective in decreasing some of the major CVD risk factors and the long-term effect remains to be evaluated.
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At the end of 1 academic year of intervention the results showed, after adjusting for age, sex, baseline value, height, and weight, an increase in total serum cholesterol of 0.70 mg/dl in the intervention group and 17.91 mg/dl in the control group (P less than 0.0001). Diastolic blood pressure (fourth phase) decreased by 2.95 mm Hg in the intervention group and by 0.48 mm Hg in the control group (P less than 0.05). Similar changes were observed in the body mass index (P less than 0.05). The proportion of school children starting smoking was significantly lower in the intervention group (6%) than in the control (20%) (P less than 0.01). The results indicate that this health education program in schools is effective in decreasing some of the major CVD risk factors. The long-term effect remains to be evaluated.
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