Promoting community cardiovascular health: lifestyle & urbanization

04/22/25 • 25 min

With Stefan Tino Kulnik, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and Prevention, Salzburg - Austria, and Ana Filipa Gomes, Nurse specialist in Public Health and Community Nursing, Local Health Unit of Aveiro Region, Aveiro - Portugal.

Tino and Ana explore environmental risk factors for cardiovascular disease and discuss how the built environment, access to green spaces and physical activity contribute to cardiovascular wellbeing.

Hosted by our ACNAP Environmental Officer, Ana Filpa Gomes, this special episode is part of a series dedicated to environmental issues, marking the United Nations' “International Mother Earth Day” on April 22.

Tino and Ana explore environmental risk factors for cardiovascular disease and discuss how the built environment, access to green spaces and physical activity contribute to cardiovascular wellbeing.

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