Research Article
Awareness of Salt Intake among Community-Dwelling Elderly at Coastal Area: The Role of Public Health Access Program
Table 1
Evaluation of salt intake at elderly public health program.
| Variable |
| Program evaluation | (i) Program was held 2-3 times/month. We evaluated for 8 times for 3 months. | (ii) Program involved interprofessional health physicians such as nurses, general practitioners, nutritionists, and health counselors |
| The activities of the program | (i) Regular physical examination | (ii) Measurement of blood pressure | (iii) Drug administration including antihypertension drugs | (iv) Health or nutrition education | (v) Physical activities/light training | (vi) Supplementary feeding |
| Subject evaluation | (i) Number of attendance (participation) from the subject visiting book | (ii) Awareness of salt intake by asking some simple questions | 1. At the present time, do you avoid salt intake? | 2. Do you think that salt intake is harmful for the healthy particularly hypertension? | 3. Do you get information about salt intake from the health education program? |
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