Impacto do Programa Academia da Saúde sobre a mortalidade por Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica no estado de Pernambuco, Brasil
Year: 2021
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The aim of this paper was to analyze the impact of the Health Gym Program (HGP) on the Systemic Arterial Hypertension mortality rate in Pernambuco state, Brazil. This public policy impact analysis used a quasi-experimental approach which consisted of the application of Propensity Score Matching in the years 2010 and 2017. Socioeconomic, demographic, and epidemiological data of 89 municipalities that implemented HGP (treated) and 54 that did not (controls) were collected from the Brazilian Health Data Department, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, and other databases. The impact of HGP on hypertension mortality rate was estimated through a logit model using the Kernel algorithm. Treated municipalities presented a decrease of 12.8% in global hypertension mortality rate, 12.5% in brown-skinned people and 13.1% in those over 80 years of age. The balancing test attests to the robustness of the estimated model to explain the impact of the program on mortality due to hypertension. The implementation of the program proved to be effective in decreasing the mortality rate in the treated municipalities, indicating that it seems to contribute to controlling the progress of chronic non-communicable diseases.
Source: Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
Institution: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Language: Portuguese
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4200587085