TY - JOUR
T1 - Nutrition, environment and cardiovascular health (NESCAV)
T2 - Protocol of an inter-regional cross-sectional study
AU - Alkerwi, Ala'A
AU - Guillaume, Michèle
AU - Zannad, Faiez
AU - Laufs, Ulrich
AU - Lair, Marie Lise
AU - The NESCAV project group for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
AU - Couffignal, Sophie
N1 - Funding Information:
The cross-border NESCAV project is supported by INTERREG IV A program “Greater Region”, 2007-2013, which aims to stimulate inter-regional cooperation. The four regions receive a co-funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), in addition to their own or public health authorities financial support. The following individuals are part of the NESCAV group, besides the authors of this study protocol: Sophie Couffignal, Nicolas sauvageot, Agnès Columeau, David Marcic, Graziella Ambroset, Brice Appenzeller, Helen Karlson, Jean Beissel, Charles Delagardelle (Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg); Adelin Albert, Laurence Counet, Isabel Joslet, Catherine Phillipet, Sylvie Streel, Stephanie Haterte, Anne-Françoise Donneau (Walonia, Belgium); Patrick Rossignol, Celine Simon, Anne Valentin, Jean-Marc Boivin Carole Barrailhe (Lorraine, France); Michael Böhm, Angelika Knoll, Janine Poëss (Saarland).
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Background. Despite the remarkable technological progress in health care and treatment, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of premature death, prolonged hospitalization and disability in most European countries. In the population of the Greater Region (Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, Wallonia in Belgium, and Lorraine in France), the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and disease is among the highest in Europe, warranting the need for a better understanding of factors contributing to this pattern. In this context, the cross-border "Nutrition, Environment and Cardiovascular Health-NESCAV" project is initiated by an inter-regional multi-disciplinary consortium and supported by the INTERREG IV A program "Greater Region", 2007-2013, to fight synergically and harmoniously against this major public health problem. Methods/design. The objectives of the three-year planned project are to assess, in a representative sample of 3000 randomly selected individuals living at the Greater Region, 1) the cardiovascular health and risk profile, 2) the association between the dietary habits and the cardiovascular risk, 3) the association of occupational and environmental pollution markers with the cardiovascular risk, 4) the knowledge, awareness and level of control of cardiovascular risk factors, 5) the potential gaps in the current primary prevention, and finally, to address evidence-based recommendations enabling the development of inter-regional guidance to help policy-makers and health care workers for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Discussion. The findings will provide tools that may enable the Greater Region's decision-makers and health professionals to implement targeted and cost-effective prevention strategies.
AB - Background. Despite the remarkable technological progress in health care and treatment, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of premature death, prolonged hospitalization and disability in most European countries. In the population of the Greater Region (Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, Wallonia in Belgium, and Lorraine in France), the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and disease is among the highest in Europe, warranting the need for a better understanding of factors contributing to this pattern. In this context, the cross-border "Nutrition, Environment and Cardiovascular Health-NESCAV" project is initiated by an inter-regional multi-disciplinary consortium and supported by the INTERREG IV A program "Greater Region", 2007-2013, to fight synergically and harmoniously against this major public health problem. Methods/design. The objectives of the three-year planned project are to assess, in a representative sample of 3000 randomly selected individuals living at the Greater Region, 1) the cardiovascular health and risk profile, 2) the association between the dietary habits and the cardiovascular risk, 3) the association of occupational and environmental pollution markers with the cardiovascular risk, 4) the knowledge, awareness and level of control of cardiovascular risk factors, 5) the potential gaps in the current primary prevention, and finally, to address evidence-based recommendations enabling the development of inter-regional guidance to help policy-makers and health care workers for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Discussion. The findings will provide tools that may enable the Greater Region's decision-makers and health professionals to implement targeted and cost-effective prevention strategies.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21078172
U2 - 10.1186/1471-2458-10-698
DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-10-698
M3 - Article
C2 - 21078172
AN - SCOPUS:78149420103
SN - 1471-2458
VL - 10
JO - BMC Public Health
JF - BMC Public Health
M1 - 698
ER -