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Item #2
Care
Demand Reduced Through More Effective Health Promotion
We
need a change of mindset from a consumerist approach to an acceptance
of personal and corporate responsibility for more healthy lifestyles.
According
to recent research from England, "The cost of health care
continues to rise in the face of an apparently insatiable demand.
Unless the actual need for health care can be reduced to manageable
levels, the financial burden will probably become economically
unacceptable.
"Although
some illnesses are unavoidable, others that are largely due to
unhealthy lifestyles are preventable."
"Circulatory
diseases, diabetes and some cancers, which are major causes of
morbidity and mortality in western societies, are strongly linked to
physical inactivity, psychological stress, unhealthy eating, obesity
and smoking. There is ample evidence that promotion of healthy
lifestyles, including physical activity, healthy eating and
nonsmoking, are effective for the primary and secondary prevention of
these diseases. Although there are examples of successful public
health programs that have encouraged more healthy lifestyles and
reduced the burden of disease, we need to be much more effective in
putting theory into practice," wrote P. Phillips and colleagues,
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust.
The
researchers concluded: "In order to improve the health of the
nation and to prevent the economy from being overwhelmed by the
increasing demand for health care, we need a change of mindset from a
consumerist approach to an acceptance of personal and corporate
responsibility for more healthy lifestyles. Widespread collaboration
among health care agencies, private and public utilities, the
entertainment industry, and the communications media will be necessary
in order to provide the necessary incentives for lifestyle
changes."
Phillips
and colleagues published their study in Journal of Evaluation in
Clinical Practice (The rising cost of health care: can demand be
reduced through more effective health promotion?) J
Eval Clin Pract, 2002;8(4):415-419).
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FACT
PCOS
patients face a risk of diabetes seven times higher than women who do
not have the condition. (National
Institutes of Health to study PCOS and diabetes)
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