BY: Thor Christensen
Wani shiri na kula da lafiyar al’umma wanda ya kunshi azuzuwan motsa jiki da koyar da ilimin abinci mai gina jiki ya taimaka wa matan da ke zaune a yankunan karkara rage karfin jini, rage kiba da kuma samun lafiya, a cewar wani sabon bincike.
Idan aka kwatanta da mata a cikin birane, matan da ke yankunan karkara suna da haɗarin kamuwa da cututtukan zuciya da jijiyoyin jini, suna iya kamuwa da kiba kuma suna da ƙarancin samun kulawar lafiya da abinci mai kyau, kamar yadda bincike da aka yi a baya ya nuna. Yayin da shirye-shiryen kiwon lafiyar al'umma suka nuna alƙawarin, bincike kaɗan ya kalli waɗannan shirye-shiryen a cikin yankunan karkara.
Sabon binciken ya mayar da hankali ne kan mata masu zaman kansu, masu shekaru 40 ko sama da haka, wadanda aka gano suna da kiba ko kuma suna da kiba. Sun zauna a cikin ƙauyuka 11 a arewacin New York. Dukkan mahalarta taron sun shiga cikin shirin karkashin jagorancin malaman kiwon lafiya, amma an ba da dama ga al'ummomi biyar don zuwa farko.
Mata sun shiga cikin watanni shida na sau biyu a mako, darussan rukuni na sa'o'i daya da ake gudanarwa a majami'u da sauran wuraren jama'a. Azuzuwan sun haɗa da horar da ƙarfi, motsa jiki na motsa jiki, ilimin abinci mai gina jiki da sauran koyarwar lafiya.
Shirin ya kuma hada da ayyukan zamantakewa, kamar tafiye-tafiyen al'umma, da kuma abubuwan haɗin gwiwar jama'a wanda mahalarta nazarin suka magance wata matsala a cikin al'ummarsu da ke da alaka da motsa jiki ko yanayin abinci. Hakan na iya haɗawa da haɓaka wurin shakatawa na gida ko ba da abinci lafiyayye a wasannin motsa jiki na makaranta.
Bayan da azuzuwan suka ƙare, maimakon komawa ga salon rayuwa mara kyau, mata 87 da suka fara shiga cikin shirin sun ci gaba ko ma ƙara haɓakar su watanni shida bayan kammala shirin. Sun yi, a matsakaita, sun yi asarar kusan fam 10, sun rage kewayen kugu da inci 1.3 kuma sun saukar da triglycerides - nau'in mai da ke kewaya cikin jini - ta 15.3 mg/dL. Sun kuma saukar da hawan jini na systolic (lambar "saman") da matsakaicin 6 mmHg da diastolic jini (lambar "kasa") ta 2.2 mmHg.
"Wadannan binciken sun nuna cewa ƙananan canje-canje na iya ƙarawa zuwa babban bambanci kuma suna taimakawa wajen haifar da ainihin ƙungiyar haɓakawa," in ji Rebecca Seguin-Fowler, marubucin marubucin binciken da aka buga ranar Talata a cikin mujallar Ƙungiyar Zuciya ta Amirka ta Circulation: Ingancin Cardiovascular da Sakamakon.
Komawa zuwa tsoffin halaye yawanci babban al'amari ne, "don haka mun yi mamaki da farin ciki ganin yadda matan ke ci gaba ko ma samun ci gaba wajen ci gaba da ci gaba da ci gaba da rayuwa," in ji Seguin-Fowler, mataimakin darektan Cibiyar Ci gaban Lafiya ta hanyar Noma. a Texas A&M AgriLife a Kwalejin Kwalejin.
Matan da ke cikin shirin sun kuma inganta karfin jikinsu da motsa jiki, in ji ta. "A matsayin masanin ilimin motsa jiki wanda ke taimaka wa mata su sami horon ƙarfi, bayanan sun nuna cewa mata suna rasa kitse amma suna kiyaye nama mai laushi, wanda ke da mahimmanci. Ba ka son mata su rasa tsoka yayin da suke girma.”
Rukuni na biyu na mata da za su dauki darasi sun ga inganta kiwon lafiya a karshen shirin. Amma saboda kudade, masu bincike sun kasa bin waɗannan matan don ganin yadda suka yi watanni shida bayan shirin.
Seguin-Fowler ta ce tana son ganin shirin, wanda yanzu ake kira StrongPeople Strong Hearts, wanda ake bayarwa a YMCAs da sauran wuraren taron jama'a. Ta kuma yi kira da a gudanar da binciken, wanda kusan dukkan wadanda suka halarci taron farar fata ne, da a maimaita su a cikin al'umma daban-daban.
"Wannan wata babbar dama ce don aiwatar da shirin a cikin sauran al'ummomi, kimanta sakamakon, da kuma tabbatar da cewa yana da tasiri," in ji ta.
Carrie Henning-Smith, mataimakiyar darektan Cibiyar Nazarin Kiwon Lafiya ta Rural Health na Jami'ar Minnesota da ke Minneapolis, ta ce binciken ya iyakance ne saboda rashin wakilcin baƙar fata, ƴan asalin ƙasa da sauran jinsi da kabilanci kuma bai bayar da rahoto game da matsalolin kiwon lafiya a yankunan karkara ba. yankunan, ciki har da sufuri, fasaha da kuma matsalolin kudi.
Henning-Smith, wacce ba ta da hannu a cikin binciken, ta ce ya kamata nazarin kiwon lafiyar karkara a nan gaba ya yi la'akari da waɗannan batutuwa, da kuma "mafi girman matakin al'umma da matakan manufofin da ke tasiri lafiya."
Duk da haka, ta yaba da binciken don magance gibin da ke cikin mazauna yankunan karkara da ba su yi karatu ba, wadanda ta ce yawancin cututtuka na yau da kullun, ciki har da cututtukan zuciya.
"Wadannan binciken sun nuna cewa inganta lafiyar zuciya da jijiyoyin jini yana buƙatar fiye da abin da ke faruwa a cikin yanayin asibiti," in ji Henning-Smith. "Likitoci da kwararrun likitocin suna taka muhimmiyar rawa, amma sauran abokan tarayya da yawa suna buƙatar shiga."
Lokacin aikawa: Nuwamba-17-2022