Community-based preventive medical department for individual risk factor assessment and intervention in an urban population

In Malmö, a southern Swedish city of about 230,000 inhabitants, an institute of preventive medicine within the medical department of Malmö General Hospital has been in operation since 1975. It is directed against the major middle-aged internal medical health risks and complications such as cardiovas...

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Published inPreventive medicine Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 397 - 402
Main Author Trell, Erik
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.1983
Subjects
Age Factors
Alcoholism - prevention & control
Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control
Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control
Diabetes Mellitus - prevention & control
Female
Hospital Departments - organization & administration
Hospitals, University
Humans
Male
Mammography
Mass Screening
Middle Aged
Online Systems
Preventive Medicine
Risk
Sweden
Urban Population
Sweden
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Summary:In Malmö, a southern Swedish city of about 230,000 inhabitants, an institute of preventive medicine within the medical department of Malmö General Hospital has been in operation since 1975. It is directed against the major middle-aged internal medical health risks and complications such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, and alcohol complications, and contains both screening and intervention resources, mediated predominantly by an individually orientated approach both in the function of the department and in the preventive medical actions. The design, feasibility, and some of the quantitative results of the program are described.
ISSN:0091-7435
1096-0260
DOI:10.1016/0091-7435(83)90248-7