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A Large Cross-Sectional Study of Health Attitudes, Knowledge, Behaviour and Risks in the Post-War Croatian Population (The First Croatian Health Project*)
S. Turek
I. Rudan
N. Smolej-Narančić
L. Szirovicza
M. Čubrilo-Turek
V. Žerjavić-Hrabak
A. Rak-Kaić
D. Vrhovski-Hebrang
Ž. Prebeg
M. Ljubičić
B. Janićijević
P. Rudan
Sažetak
As the liberation of occupied Croatian territories ended the war in the country in
1995, the Ministry of Health and Croatian Health Insurance Institute have agreed to
create the new framework for developing a long-term strategy of public health planning,
prevention and intervention. They provided financial resources to develop the First Cro-atian Health Project, the rest of the support coming from the World Bank loan and the
National Institute of Public Health. A large cross-sectional study was designed aiming
to assess health attitudes, knowledge, behaviour and risks in the post-war Croatian
population. The large field study was carried out by the Institute for Anthropological
Research with technical support from the National Institute of Public Health. The field
study was completed between 1995–1997. It included about 10,000 adult volunteers
from all 21 Croatian counties. The geographic distribution of the sample covered both
coastal and continental areas of Croatia and included rural and urban environments.
The specific measurements included antropometry (body mass index and blood pressure).
From each examinee a blood sample was collected from which the levels of total
plasma cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), HDL-cholesterol (High Density Lipoprotein),
LDL-cholesterol (Low Density Lipoprotein), lipoprotein Lp(a), and haemostatic
risk factor fibrinogen (F) were determined. The detailed data were collected on the general
knowledge and attitudes on health issues, followed by specific investigation of
smoking history, alcohol consumption, nutrition habits, physical activity, family history
of chronic non-communicable diseases and occupational exposures. From the initial database
a targeted sample of 5,840 persons of both sexes, aged 18–65, was created corresponding
by age, sex and geographic distribution to the general Croatian population.
This paper summarises and discusses the main findings of the project within this representative
sample of Croatian population.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
28321
URI
Datum izdavanja:
18.6.2001.
Posjeta: 1.542 *