Hiệu quả một số giải pháp can thiệp nhằm nâng cao kiến thức, thực hành về phòng chống bệnh tăng huyết áp, đái tháo đường ở nhóm tuổi trung niên tại huyện Đông Sơn, tỉnh Thanh Hóa

After one year implementing intervention measures to improve knowledge and practice of hypertension and diabetes prevention and control among the middle-aged of Dong Hoang commune, Dong Son district, Thanh Hoa, there were evident effects: - The proportion of population with appropriate understanding of detrimental effects of some risk behaviors on non-communicable disease had improved significantly in intervention commune as compared with control commune, the intervention effect relatively increased from 1.02 to 15.11 times. - The proportion of population with appropriate understanding of symptoms, complications'; and treatments of hy-pertension and diabetes had improved significantly, the intervention effect increased from 2.2 to 124.6 times. - The proportions of population w.ith appropriate understanding of blood pressure measurement and routine blood sugar test were already very positive (73.3 percent - 82.6 percent), yet still improved after intervention (94.3 percent - 97.6 percent) to approach 100 percent. The proportion of risk behaviors change of non-communicable diseases was in positive trend.