Community-based demonstration project for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in a socioeconomically diverse urban population of Delhi, India.
Principal investigator
Prof. K. Srinath Reddy
Co-investigator
D. Prabhakaran
Shifalika Goenka
Vivek Chaturvedi
Monica Singhi
Intervention type
Community-based risk assessment and interventions
Targeted population
Youth 10-19 yrs and adults 20-65 yrs in one urban and one semi-urban community
Target factors
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Purpose/Goals
To improve health promotion and CVD prevention, the project will provide interventions targeted at community members, schoolchildren and health-care providers to address chronic-disease risk factors through behavioural and environmental change.