'Modifying Public Behaviors' Is the Core Focus of Preventing Non-Communicable Diseases

Khorramabad – The head of Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, stressing the need to reform lifestyles, said: Changing and correcting public behaviors is the main goal and horizon of non-communicable disease prevention programs.

According to Mehr reporter, Jalaluddin Amiri, on Thursday evening, 23rd of Mehr, at the second lipid and blood pressure congress held at Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, emphasized the need to strengthen preventive programs and improve health-related behaviors in the society.

Referring to the importance of non-communicable diseases in the province's health system, he said: diseases such as high blood pressure, cancers, and cardiovascular diseases are among the most important causes of death in Lorestan after traffic accidents, and the control of these diseases requires serious attention to preventive measures.

lifestyle modification; The basic solution to deal with non-communicable diseases

The president of Lorestan University of Medical Sciences emphasized that the prevention of non-communicable diseases should start from correcting unhealthy habits and stated: Achieving a healthier society requires changing daily behaviors and replacing unhealthy habits with behaviors based on health principles.

Amiri listed unhealthy nutrition, inactivity, obesity and inappropriate habits in daily life as the most important factors behind non-communicable diseases and added: correcting these factors can play an effective role in preventing diseases and reducing their consequences.

Referring to the necessity of increasing public awareness about the risk factors of diseases, he emphasized the importance of institutionalizing healthy behaviors in the society and considered the reform of public behavior to be one of the main goals of prevention programs in the field of health.

The role of scientific congresses in promoting healthy behaviors

Referring to the importance of holding specialized congresses in the field of health, the president of Lorestan University of Medical Sciences said: holding such events is very important for professors, doctors, nurses, students and health workers; Because these groups are the main promoters of healthy behaviors in society.

Amiri added: Improving the knowledge and awareness of health activists can provide the basis for more effective transmission of scientific information to the society and strengthening the culture of disease prevention.

He also considered the holding of the second congress of lipids and hypertension control to be the result of the efforts and cooperation of the education and research departments of Lorestan University of Medical Sciences and thanked the deputies and employees of these two departments for their efforts.

The second lipid and blood pressure congress was held at Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, focusing on issues related to health and prevention of non-communicable diseases; Subjects that are of special importance in health planning due to the role of behavioral and lifestyle factors in the occurrence of these diseases.