BACKGROUND Sustainability is the core of a successful health-related intervention program. This study was conducted to evaluate the sustainability of interventions of the Heart Health Promotion from Childhood (HHPC) project, one of the 10 interventional projects of the Isfahan Healthy Heart Program. METHODS The evaluation of HHPC included administrating surveys to 500 elementary and middle, a...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to assess the effectiveness of stress management training in improving the ability of coping with stress in a large population. METHODS Five cross-sectional studies using multistage cluster random sampling were performed on adults aged ≥ 19 years between 2000 to 2005 in Isfahan and Najafabad (Iran) as intervention cities and Arak, Iran as the control city wi...

abstract introduction: cardiovascular diseases and stroke constitute an important cause of death in most developed and undeveloped countries. identification of the principal risk factors of coronary accidents and stroke and understanding of the relative risk posed by each of these risk factors are crucial to control and reduction of risk factors. methods: 6542 individuals aged over 35 years fro...

Introduction: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) is increasing in Iran. We assessed the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and Mets components in the Iranian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS The sample for this study comprised a random cross-section of men and women from two province districts who participated in the Isfahan Healthy Heart Program (IHHP) in 2007. Each pa...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE It is expected that dairy products such as cheeses, which are the main source of cholesterol and saturated fat, may lead to the development or increase the risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases; however, the results of different studies are inconsistent. This study was conducted to assess the association between cheese consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in ...

Background: This study aims to assess factors associated with cigarette smoking in central parts of Iran. Materials and methods: We used the data of the post intervention phase of Isfahan Healthy Heart Program (IHHP) that was conducted in 2007. Logistic regression was used for calculating crude and adjusted Odds Ratios (OR). The group with the least prevalence of smoking was considered as the R...

abstract  introduction: cardiovascular diseases (cvd) are considered the most important cause of death worldwide. obesity is a major cvd risk factor. this study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of obesity and its association with other cvd risk factors in iranian women. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted in 2001 as part of isfahan healthy heart program (ihhp) in three cen...