Społeczeństwo terapeutyczne a globalizacja – socjologiczny i epidemiologiczny kontekst przewlekłych chorób niezakaźnych (NCD)
Therapeutic society and globalization – sociological and the epidemiological context of non-communication diseases

Summary/Abstract: The article presents selected results of the biggest representative epidemiological survey conducted in Poland – WOBASZ. The main aim of this survey is to evaluate a number of Poles threatened by CVD, the level of risk factors and a degree of its’ control. In general, every fifth respondent from the voivodships of Lodz and Lublin (N = 2212) who participated in the health measure, did not prove any knowledge concerning ways of preventing CVD, anything about diseases which can be the result of untreated high blood-pressure. In both examples this lack of knowledge was more common among men rather than women, what is significant when statistics are taken into consideration. Yet, it was more frequent among less-educated, representatives of the youngest and the oldest age category, and respondents, who have declared the lowest income netto per capita. It means that the dangerous status quo exists; persistent, long-lasting so called ‘trend of social ignorance’ in the range of CVD prophylaxis. This tendency, what is worth emphasizing, relating to 1/5 Polish society. And though on the other hand 80% respondents do have some preventive awareness (at least on the level of verbal declarations), the thesis about good situation in this matter is – in our opinion – the least risky.

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