Through an evidence-based expert conference as the priority health component of the Irish Presidency in 2004, to:- Recommend appropriate lifestyle and health behaviours to promote and maintain cardiovascular health, to include diet and physical activity,- Agree quantitative risk factor targets for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease to include smoking, raised blood cholesterol and blood pressure,- Recommend multisectoral collaboration to create EU-wide environments to promote and support cardiovascular health, Provide comprehensive Guidance to Member States on health promotion actions and clinical practice to achieve the recommended lifestyle and risk factor targets, and - widely disseminate the recommendations and targets and the outcomes from the conference.
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4-level approach: Regional networks were built up in the framework of EAAD I. They shared their working material, experiences and methodology to benefit from synergistic effects and to assure comparable quality of measures taken in various countries. The four levels on which measures were taken are: - Co-operation with GPs (e.g. training sessions, video, phone hotline) - Public relations activities - Training sessions for multipliers (e.g. priests, social workers, media etc.) - Special offers for high risk groups and self-help activities
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