BACKGROUND Heart disease disproportionately affects Native Hawaiians and other Pacific people. In response, researchers proposed and communities endorsed, developing a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program based on the hula, a Native Hawaiian dance form. The utilization of cultural practices in health interventions can improve outcomes and increase enrollment and retention, but requires sensitivi...

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) contributes to the disparity in life expectancy between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. Improving hospital care for Aboriginal patients has been identified as a means of addressing this disparity. This project developed and implemented a working together model of care, comprising an Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer and a specialist cardiac nurse, prov...

We studied cell death by apoptosis and necrosis in cardiac remodeling produced by Trypanosoma cruzi infection. In addition, we evaluated collagen I, III, IV (CI, CIII and CIV) deposition in cardiac tissue, and their relationship with serum levels of procollagen type I carboxy-terminal propeptide (PICP) and procollagen type III amino-terminal propeptide (PIIINP). Eight infected and two uninfecte...

1b-i) Key features/functionalities/components of the intervention and comparator in the METHODS section of the ABSTRACT The paper does not explicitly mention subitem 1b-i. However, the design and development of the webservice and/or email/SMS service was based on the behavioural theory of Prochaska and DiClemente. In this model the feedback to the patient is tailored based on the patient's phas...

BACKGROUND Despite documented benefits of cardiac rehabilitation, adherence to programs is suboptimal with an average dropout rate of between 24% and 50%. The goal of this study was to identify organizational and patient factors associated with cardiac rehabilitation adherence. METHODS AND RESULTS Facilities of the Wisconsin Cardiac Rehabilitation Outcomes Registry Project (N = 38) were surve...

BACKGROUND Participation of patients with heart failure in cardiac rehabilitation in the UK is low. This study investigated the availability of cardiac rehabilitation services for patients with heart failure in the UK and the views of service coordinators on ideal service models. DESIGN Our study was a cross-sectional national postal survey that was mailed to 342 service coordinators in the U...