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Action CHD – Dil Ke Baat – Secondary Prevention of CHD in South AsiansHifsa Haroon-Iqbal, Prof. Annette Jinks. CHD accounts for one quarter of all deaths in the UK and the UK death rate from CHD is among the highest in the developed world. South Asians living in the UK have a premature death rate that is 46% higher than the average for men and 51% higher for women (1). The reasons for this are not fully understood but may be due to socio economic problems, genetics or lifestyles. . South Asian patients who have existing heart disease are at even greater risk of further cardiac events. What further compounds the problem is that South Asians may be placed at an even higher risk because of inadequate services and poor design and delivery of interventions leading to low uptake (2) .
The aim of the scheme is to develop a six weeks training programme to address issues around secondary prevention. The purpose of the scheme is to empower the person with coronary health problems to be more confident in the way they manage the illness and to work in even better partnership with health care professionals. People who are of Pakistani, Indian or Bangladeshi origin and suffer from coronary heart disease are being targeted for the study. A two hour session will be delivered over the six weeks and the presentation will aim to outline the methods being adopted to inform patients and carers about secondary prevention issues. A preliminary evaluation from the first programme will also be presented. Presenters Hifsa Haroon-Iqbal
(United Kingdom)
Research Fellow Centre for Health Policy and Practice, Faculty of Health and Sciences Staffordshire University Hifsa is currently working on a research project that is looking at secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in South Asians. Hifsa has a particular interest in the health issues that affect the black and minority ethnic communities. She has worked in the drugs and HIV field, clinical genetics and palliative care and has published in this area. She has also worked at the local Health Authority and produced a quality standards document that addressed the specific needs of the black and minority ethnic population. Hifsa also does some lecturing at the university around health issues affecting these particular groups. Hifsa is currently in the final stages of writing up her thesis for an MPhil.
Prof. Annette Jinks
(United Kingdom)
Staffordshire University
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(30 min. Conference Paper,
English)
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