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promoting the health and personal benefits of cycling in local
areas. People- pay a smallfee to enter and this money goes to help
C" sufferers. ll of these programs wor$ onthe same basis with City
to surf promoting /ogging and 8ump rope for Heart
promotings$ipping. side from these- strengthening community action
can be done through thingssuch as offering community1coo$ing
classes to educate people on how to ta$e controloer their own
health through coo$ing healthier meals. If people $now how to
coo$
nutritious foods there is a great chance that they can reduce
ris$ factors associated withC".
Reorientating Health Services*efers to utilising serices to
proide promotion and curatie serices to eeryone. C"has the largest
burden of morbidity and mortality in ustralia and as a result
thegoernment needs to adapt health serices in a way that promotes
health- preents illhealth and supports well1being. This is done
through promoting regular chec$ upsthrough different adertisements.
Often doctor0s surgery are littered with adertisementspromoting
indiiduals to participate in preentatie and screening methods to
ma$e surethey can monitor their own health. n e5ample of this is
free blood pressure chec$ upsat some doctor0s surgery. ,y offering
this free serice people are able to become aware
of C" ris$ factors. lso if they hae a ris$ factor associated
with C"- such as highblood pressure- they can wor$ towards changing
their behaiors to achiee better health.
Building Healthy Public PolicyThis relates to the decisions made
by the goernment and other organisations-concerning policies and
legislation- to wor$ towards health improements. In relation toC"-
there has been legislation put in place to help preent the ris$
factors associatedwith C". These include the compulsory nutritional
labeling of all food and non1smo$inglegislation. The nutritional
labeling of food helps to preent C" by giing us theinformation we
need to ma$e an informed decision. ,y doing this we are able to
buynutritious foods that in the long term will help decrease the
ris$ of deeloping C". :on1#mo$ing legislation has appeared in
public places such as restaurants- pubs and clubs.
This legislation is put in place to reduce one of the main ris$
factors associated withC"- tobacco smo$ing. ,y implementing this
legislation not only are the people whosmo$e tobacco being helped
in reducing C" but also the people who passiely breathein the smo$e
in these areas. There are also a number of policies that focus
onpreenting C". One of these is the healthy canteen policy at
schools. ll schools haeto be conscientious when purchasing food
items for their canteen so that the school hashealthy nutritious
foods aailable to their students. This policy helps to promote
healthyeating amongst schoolchildren.
ll these action areas help to reduce the burden of Cardioascular
"isease byimplementing a number of initiaties to help combat the
ris$ factors associated with thedisease. If all indiiduals hae a go
at participating in these initiaties and abiding by the
laws set by goernment bodies- ustralia can e5pect to see
significant decreases in theincidence and prealence of
Cardioascular "isease.
