Global Challenges in Cardiovascular Prevention in Populations with Low Socioeconomic Status / edited by Tomás Romero, Carolina Nazzal Nazal, Fernando Lanas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Romero, Tomás., Editor.

Nazal, Carolina Nazzal., Editor.

Lanas, Fernando., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cardiology.

Primary care (Medicine).

Public health.

Nursing.

Primary Care Medicine.

Public Health.

Local Subjects:

Cardiology.

Primary Care Medicine.

Public Health.

Nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVIII, 272 p. 29 illus., 12 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.

Summary:

This book explores the critical issue of cardiovascular prevention (CVP) in socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, highlighting the stark disparities in access to basic health-preserving tools. Despite significant technological advances in CVP over the past decades, many individuals in low-income countries and deprived segments of high-income nations still lack access to essential care for conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol. This volume sheds light on the prevalence and outcomes of major cardiovascular risk factors—such as obesity, heart failure, and stroke—in these underserved communities and explores potential remedial measures. Contributors from diverse regions bring their extensive research expertise to examine the current status of CVP globally. The chapters cover a range of topics, including the prevalence of risk factors and suggestions for improving cardiovascular health in resource-limited settings. Unlike other publications that focus on cutting-edge developments like polygenic risk scores and new therapies, this book emphasizes fundamental CVP tools that can be applied to the largest segments of the world's population. Readers will gain insights into effective strategies for weight control, healthy diets, smoking cessation, and more. This comprehensive resource is invaluable for students and professionals across various fields, including primary care providers, cardiologists, public health experts, social workers, and economists. It is also suitable for graduate and undergraduate readers interested in public health and healthcare disparities. To ensure broad accessibility, an open access option is available for those with limited financial resources.

Contents:

Chapter 1. An outlook of Cardiovascular Prevention (CVP). Cardiovascular risk factors, current resources, future promises and impact of socio-economic factors; Tomás Romero

Chapter 2. Global Programs and Outcomes in Arterial Hypertension Management in Countries with Developing Economies; Sidney C. Smith and Kathryn Taubert

Chapter 3. Obesity and diabetes in Latin America. The impact of socio-economic status on Programs and outcomes; Cecilia Albala and Fernando Vio

Chapter 4. Peripheral Artery Disease in Regions with Limited Socioeconomic Resources; Kunihiro Matsushita, Maya Jean Salameh, and Matthew Allison

Chapter 5. Global Experience of Self-Care in Cardiovascular Prevention; Barbara Riegel, Heleen Westland, Onome H. Osokpo, and Tiny Jaarsma

Chapter 6. Environment, cardiovascular health, and local and global inequities; Pablo Ruiz-Rudolph and Karla Yohannessen

Chapter 7. Covid 19 Pandemia, Socio-economic Status, Limitations and Outcomes Observed in the Access to Primary Health Care; Luis Fidel Avendaño, Mauricio Canals, Carolina Nazzal, and Faustino Alonso

Chapter 8. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Latin America. Comparative Outcomes According to Socio-economic Status; Fernando Lanas, Pamela Serón, and Cheryld Muttel

Chapter 9. Tackling the Challenge of the Epidemic of Cardiovascular diseases: A case of Sub-Saharan Africa; Elijah Ogola, and Yubrine Moraa Gachemba

Chapter 10. Socio-economic Factors and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Japan: Is unrestricted access to healthcare resources enough?; Neiko Ozasa and Toshiko Yoshida. - Chapter 11. Socioeconomic Status and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in India; Ishita Gupta and Dorairaj, Prabhakaran

Chapter 12. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Management, and Outcomes in China; Doris Sau-Fa Yu, Sophia Fen Ye and Li Polly Wai-Chi

Chapter 13. WHO, UN, and Sustainable Development Goals: Effective Measures for Prevention of CVD in Developing Economies; Kathryn A. Taubert and Sidney C. Smith.

ISBN:

9783031790515

3031790510