Cardiovascular+Disease

__ Ottawa ____ Charter __ __ Jakarta ____ Declaration __
 * CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE **
 * 1) ** Developing Healthy Public Policy **
 * __RDI__- Refers to the Recommended Daily Intake. This is a judgement of the National Health and Medical Research Council. It is necessary that all foods contain this information, so that individuals are provided with correct and reliable nutrition information.
 * 1) ** Creating Supportive Environments **
 * __NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy__- The push for healthier school canteens allows individuals to be in an environment where nutrition is valued and will benefit them as they grow older, as there will be a decrease in risk of Cardiovascular disease.
 * 1) ** Strengthening Community Action **
 * __Jump rope for heart__- a program of the National Heart Foundation which encourages Australian school children to participate in physical activity while raising funds for the Heart Foundation. This encourages communities to work together to raise funds to go towards the Heart Foundation, while also participating in physical activity to improve the communities health as a whole.
 * 1) ** Develop Personal Skills **
 * __Quitline__- providing individuals with an opportunity and choice to quit, and receive information and skills on how to do this. They can implement these themselves.
 * __Pick the Tick__- allows individuals to recognise healthy food options, and as a result of this choose healthier foods.
 * __Go for 5 and 2__- Encourages individuals to have two fruits and five vegetables per day. Individuals can use these skills to promote better health and avoid the chances of getting cardiovascular disease.
 * 1) ** Reorient Health Services **
 * __Free blood pressure checks__- With CVD having the largest burden on morbidity and mortality rates in Australia, the government has needed to fund health services to provide a greater curative service and promotion devices in order to decrease the national burden and create an equally accessible service to all these are available at pharmaceuticals and chemists are recognised as curative services that focus on prevention to further funding for CVD research.
 * 1) ** Promote Social Responsibility for Health **
 * __Measure up-__ This teaches and encourages individuals to measure their waist in order to discover whether they are overweight or not. This, in turn, promotes social responsibility for health.
 * 1) ** Increase investments for health development in all sectors **
 * The National Heart Foundation works with cooperate gyms in order to increase investments for health development.
 * 1) ** Consolidate and expand partnerships for health **
 * The National Heart foundation works with a number of bodies by placing their ‘tick’ on approved foods (e.g Mcdonalds). This promotes consolidation between bodies in order to strengthen the health of individuals and decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease.
 * 1) ** Increase community capacity and empower the individual **
 * __Go for 5 and 2-__ Encourages individuals to have two fruits and five vegetables per day. Individuals are educated and can use these skills to promote better health and avoid the chances of getting cardiovascular disease.
 * 1) ** Secure and infrastructure for health promotion **
 * Building of walkways, cycle ways, parks and open spaces in order to encourage individuals to participate in physical activity.