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| Title |
Development of a community health and wellness pilot in a subsidised seniors’ apartment building in Hamilton, Ontario: Community Health Awareness Program delivered by Emergency Medical Services (CHAP-EMS)
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, April 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-015-1061-8 |
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| Authors |
Gina Agarwal, Ricardo N Angeles, Beatrice McDonough, Brent McLeod, Francine Marzanek, Melissa Pirrie, Lisa Dolovich |
| Abstract |
Older adults have higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, diabetes and falls, leading to costly emergency medical service (EMS) calls and emergency room visits. We developed the Community Health Assessment Program through EMS (CHAP-EMS) that focuses on health promotion/prevention of hypertension and diabetes, links with primary care practitioners, targets seniors living in subsidized housing, and aims to reduce morbidity from these conditions, thereby reducing EMS calls. In this pilot study, we evaluated the feasibility of implementing the CHAP-EMS, attendance rates, prevalence of high blood pressure and cardiovascular risk factors. In this pilot study the CHAP-EMS was implemented in the intervention site over a 12 month period. BP, lifestyle, cardiovascular risk and EMS call rates were collected and descriptive analyses performed. Participants were residents (low income seniors) of a subsidized housing complex in Hamilton, Ontario. Two paramedics provided once-weekly sessions, measuring BP, assessing diabetes / lifestyle risk (CANRISK questionnaire) and discussed prevention / local wellness activities in the intervention site. Follow up was invited. A total of 1365 visits with 79 unique participants occurred; 48 (25.2%) visited at least twice; mean age was 72.2; 87.2% were 65 years of age and older and 68.1% were female; 90.3% had a family doctor. Overall, 45.2% had elevated BP initially from the total; 50.0% of participants previously diagnosed with hypertension had elevated BP while 33.3% not previously diagnosed had elevated BP. Almost 1 in 5 (19.4%) had diabetes; 66.7% had moderate to high risk of developing diabetes. This pilot study indicates that CHAP-EMS is a feasible program that could have impact on BP, lifestyle factors, diabetes risk and EMS calls in the buildings in which it was implemented. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 25 | 74% |
| Unknown | 9 | 26% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 30 | 88% |
| Scientists | 2 | 6% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Canada | 3 | 2% |
| Unknown | 118 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 26 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 15% |
| Other | 9 | 7% |
| Researcher | 8 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 20 | 17% |
| Unknown | 34 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 24% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 24 | 20% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 12 | 10% |
| Unknown | 37 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 26. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 August 2015.
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#1,406,236
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#160
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