Combating CVD in Kazakhstan through workplace interventions

Abstract

The project designs and tests a multifaceted worksite intervention protocol that includes smoking cessation, dietary instruction, and exercise regimens to lower the prevalence of CVD morbidity and mortality in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has among the highest CVD morbidity and mortality rates in the world. Development of an effective worksite intervention model that targets and improves the health behaviors and health status of high-risk middle age working males can be extended to the Republic's crucial and expanding workplace environment.