Your poster should be an informative educational poster:
 It should introduce the audience to the topic ( Tania )
 It should provide a background that includes the historical development of the public health issue
 It should outline the current key considerations, describe and discuss the current public health management of this issue ( Tania )
 It should explain why its role is critical in improving the health of the community – this view is unbiased and uses evidence
 Finally your group poster should provide a concise clear conclusion. ( together )

What is cardiovascular health * is a medical term for numerous health conditions of the heart and blood vessels.

* Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of disease of death in Australia and other developed countries.

* Symptoms such as heart attacks and strokes occur suddenly when a vessel supplying blood to the heart or brain becomes blocked.

* Risk factors for (CVD) are building up of fatty deposits and debris in the inner walls of blood vessels.
Such as: - high blood pressure
- high blood cholesterol,
- insufficient physical activity
-overweight and obesity
- poor nutrition
- diabetes.

-CVD statistics
- the NHMRC invested more than $110 million into cardiovascular disease in 2010 for 612 active research grants, up from $108 million in 2009. - in 1996, under the National Health Priority Areas initiative, cardiovascular health was established as one of the original National Health Priority Areas due to the prevalence of heart, stroke and vascular disease and the cost to the community of their consequences, and the potential for prevention in this area.
- NHMRC has invested over $439.5 million for research related to cardiovascular disease from 2000 to 2007.

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the term used for heart, stroke and blood vessel diseases. It is the leading cause of death in Australia, accounting for 34% of all deaths in Australia in 2006. Cardiovascular disease kills one Australian nearly every 10 minutes. Cardiovascular disease: * affects more than 3.4 million Australians * prevents 1.4 million people from living a full life because of disability caused by the disease * affects one in five Australians, and affects two out of three families * claimed the lives of almost 48,500 Australians (34% of all deaths) in 2008 - deaths that are often preventable.

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[ 1 ]. http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/research-funding-statistics-and-data/cardiovascular-disease
[ 2 ]. http://www.labtestsonline.org.au/understanding/conditions/cvd.html
[ 3 ]. http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/research-funding-statistics-and-data/funding-datasets/cardiovascular-disease
[ 4 ]. Department of Health and Ageing
[ 5 ]. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) (2008), Australia's Health 2008