Strategies to improve heart disease outcomes in Australian women

Funding: 2012: $41,539
2013: $43,437

Project Member(s): DiGiacomo, M.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (Other funds for ARC projects)
Australian Research Council (ARC Discovery Projects)

Start year: 2012

Summary: Heart disease is the major killer of Australian women, yet many women remain unaware and underestimate their risk. Heart disease occurs more commonly in older women who face numerous other health and social life changes. Employing a gender based approach this project seeks to: (1) undertake a systematic review to identify strategies to improve women's heart health at the level of patient, provider and system level; (2) undertake a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve outcomes in women following an acute cardiac event.

Publications:

Rao, A, DiGiacomo, M, Newton, PJ, Phillips, JL & Hickman, LD 1970, 'Meditation and Secondary Prevention of Depression and Anxiety in Heart Disease: a Systematic Review', Mindfulness, Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association Conference, Adelaide.
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Rao, A, Newton, PJ, DiGiacomo, M, Hickman, LD, Hwang, C & Davidson, PM 2018, 'Optimal Gender-Specific Strategies for the Secondary Prevention of Heart Disease in Women', Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 279-285.
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Rao, A, Zecchin, R, Newton, P, DiGiacomo, M, Phillips, J & Hickman, L 1970, 'The significance of depression and anxiety in heart disease', Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association, Brisbane.

Rao, A, Zecchin, R, Newton, PJ, Digiacomo, M, Phillips, JL & Hickman, LD 1970, 'Who drops out of cardiac rehabilitation programs (2007-2017)?', EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, European-Society-of-Cardiology Congress, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, Munich, GERMANY, pp. 1122-1122.

Rao, A, Newton, P, DiGiacomo, M, Hickman, LD, Hwang, C & Davidson, PM 1970, 'Which gender specific cardiac rehabilitation models best reduce cardiovascular risk in women?', 21st International Council on Women's Health Issues (ICOWHI) Cogress. Scale and Sustainability: Moving Women's Health Issues Forward, 21st International Council on Women's Health Issues (ICOWHI) Cogress. Scale and Sustainability: Moving Women's Health Issues Forward, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Davidson, PM, Meleis, AI, McGrath, SJ, Digiacomo, M, Dharmendra, T, Puzantian, HV, Song, M & Riegel, B 2012, 'Improving Women's Cardiovascular Health: A Position Statement From the International Council on Women's Health Issues', HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL, vol. 33, no. 10, pp. 943-955.
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Davidson, PM, Mitchell, JA, DiGiacomo, M, Inglis, SC, Newton, PJ, Harman, J & Daly, J 2012, 'Cardiovascular disease in women: Implications for improving health outcomes', COLLEGIAN, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 5-13.
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Ferguson, C, DiGiacomo, M & Davidson, PM 2012, 'Ladykiller: the hidden danger to women's health', The Conversation.

Keywords: Cardiac RehabilitationWomen's HealthCardiovascular diseaseSecondary Prevention

FOR Codes: Clinical Nursing: Tertiary (Rehabilitative), Women's Health, Health and Community Services, Health Related to Ageing, Health Education and Promotion, Sub-acute care, Women's and maternal health

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.