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 NM^1*, 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

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

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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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