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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control has conducted a Legislative Cardiovascular Health Check for the past 4 years. The primary purpose of the event, held in the lobby of the State Capitol Building, is to increase the awareness of State legislators about the leading causes of death in South Carolina and about community-based health promotion services that are available. The health check emphasizes the relationship between modifiable risk factors and the development of heart disease, cancer, and stroke. These legislative events are organized by State health department staff members, but they are conducted by local health department personnel from throughout South Carolina. This approach is intended to build the capacity of these local staff members to communicate more effectively with their legislators and to carry out similar events at the county or community level. The health check is staffed by a trained multidisciplinary team, including persons designated as legislative liaisons. The liaison people contact legislators prior to the event and provide them with health status data specific to their respective districts. The Legislative Cardiovascular Health Checks have been attended by members of the General Assembly and their staffs, members of the Governor's staff and the Lieutenant Governor's office, and other employees of the State Capitol. An average of 380 people have participated annually. Screening activities have included blood pressure and blood cholesterol checks, with risk factor counseling and educational materials provided to each screened participant. During the past year, activities were expanded to include a variety of interactive exhibits related to nutrition, exercise, and smoking. Feedback from participants has been positive. The Legislative Cardiovascular Health Check is encouraged and supported by the upper management of the State health department and is now established as an annual event of mutual benefit to legislators and to State and local health department staff members.
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PMID:Legislative Cardiovascular Health Check: a multidisciplinary health promotion experience for South Carolina lawmakers. 819 Aug 59

This study was designed to determine how internal behaviors of children with congenital heart disease were handled by their mothers. The study group included the mothers of 96 children randomly selected (ages ranging from 4 to 11 years) who were being monitored at the Institute of Cardiology. A 21-item questionnaire was administered to obtain information about the mother and the child. Internal subsets of the Child Behavior Check List (CBCL)/4-18 were performed, including withdrawn aggressive behaviors, somatic complaints, and anxiety/depression tests. The results showed that factors influencing withdrawn aggressive behavior were low parent education (p =.000), poor economic status of the family (p =.02), and aggravation of the hemodynamic status of the disease (p =.003). The factors influencing somatic complaints were low parent education (p =.000) and severity of the hemodynamic status of the disease (p =.02). An increase in the number of children in the family seemed to have an effect on anxiety/depression levels (p =.009).
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PMID:Evaluation of internal behaviors of children with congenital heart disease. 1174 Jul 94

This manuscript describes the use of a novel biochip platform for the rapid analysis/identification of nucleic acids, including DNA and microRNAs, with very high specificity. This approach combines a unique dynamic chemistry approach for nucleic acid testing and analysis developed by DestiNA Genomics with the STMicroelectronics In-Check platform, which comprises two microfluidic optimized and independent PCR reaction chambers, and a sequential microarray area for nucleic acid capture and identification by fluorescence. With its compact bench-top "footprint" requiring only a single technician to operate, the biochip system promises to transform and expand routine clinical diagnostic testing and screening for genetic diseases, cancers, drug toxicology and heart disease, as well as employment in the emerging companion diagnostics market.
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PMID:Novel biochip platform for nucleic acid analysis. 2296 89

Objective In Japan, the Specific Health Check and Guidance (Tokutei-Kenshin) program was started in 2008 to decrease the social burden related to metabolic syndrome (MetS). However, so far this program has not been found to have any impact on the mortality rate. Methods The subjects consisted of individuals who participated in the Tokutei-Kenshin in seven districts between 2008 and 2015. Using a National database of death certificates, we identified those who might have died and then further confirmed such deaths with the collaboration of the regional National Health Insurance agency and public health nurses. The diagnosis of MetS was made according to the Japanese criteria. The causes of death were classified by ICD-10. Mortality risk was evaluated after adjusting for age, sex, smoking, alcohol intake and past medical history such as stroke, heart disease and kidney disease. Results Among the total of 664,926 subjects, we identified 8,051 fatal cases by the end of 2015. The crude death rate was 1.6% for those with MetS, 1.3% for those with preliminary metabolic syndrome, and 1.1% those without MetS. In MetS, the adjusted hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) was 1.08 (1.02-1.15) for all-cause and 1.39 (1.22-1.58) for cardiovascular disease mortality when the reference was for those without MetS. Conclusion The death rate was found to be significantly higher among the participants with MetS.
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PMID:Impact of Metabolic Syndrome on the Mortality Rate among Participants in a Specific Health Check and Guidance Program in Japan. 3266 99