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. 2007 May 15;23(7):557-60.
doi: 10.1016/s0828-282x(07)70800-0.

Canada Chair in hypertension prevention and control: a pilot project

Norm R C Campbell  1
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Canada Chair in hypertension prevention and control: a pilot project

Norm R C Campbell. Can J Cardiol. .

Abstract
in English, French

A five-year pilot project was initiated in Canada to fund an individual to lead the effort in improving hypertension prevention and control. As the initial recipient of the funding, the author's objectives were to provide leadership to improve the management of hypertension through enhancements to the Canadian Hypertension Education Program, to increase public knowledge of hypertension, to reduce the prevalence of hypertension by reducing dietary sodium additives and to develop a comprehensive hypertension surveillance program. The initiative has received strong support from the hypertension community, the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and many Canadian health care professional and scientific organizations. Progress has been made on all objectives. The pilot project was funded by The Canadian Hypertension Society, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and sanofi-aventis, in partnership with Blood Pressure Canada, and will finish in July 2011.

Un projet pilote d’une durée de cinq ans a vu le jour au Canada pour permettre à l’auteur, par l’obtention d’un financement, de grouper les forces vives du milieu afin d’améliorer la prévention de l’hypertension artérielle (HTA) et la normalisation de la pression artérielle. En tant que premier bénéficiaire du financement, l’auteur a pour but d’assumer la direction d’un groupe en vue d’améliorer la prise en charge de l’HTA par l’enrichissement du Programme d’éducation canadien sur l’hypertension, d’accroître les connaissances de la population sur l’HTA, de diminuer la prévalence de l’HTA en réduisant la quantité d’additifs au sodium dans l’alimentation et d’élaborer un programme intégré de surveillance de l’HTA. L’initiative a reçu un accueil très favorable de la collectivité vouée à l’hypertension, de l’Agence de santé publique du Canada, de la Fondation des maladies du cœur du Canada et de bien d’autres organisations professionnelles et scientifiques, au Canada, portant un intérêt particulier aux soins de santé. Des progrès ont été réalisés sur tous les plans. Le projet pilote est financé par la Société canadienne d’hypertension artérielle, les Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada et sanofi-aventis, en partenariat avec Blood Pressure Canada; le projet prendra fin en juillet 2011.

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