{"id":12911,"date":"2016-02-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/gored-i-hafnarfirdi\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T08:59:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T08:59:12","slug":"gored-in-hafnarfjordur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/gored-i-hafnarfirdi\/","title":{"rendered":"GoRed in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><b>Go Red&nbsp;<\/b>The campaign aims to educate women about the risk factors and symptoms of cardiovascular disease. Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is actively participating in the campaign by raising awareness of the project and encouraging the town's more than 2,000 employees to wear red on Friday, 19 February.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for women in Iceland, as it is elsewhere in the world. The GoRed campaign aims to educate women about the risk factors and symptoms of cardiovascular disease, and how to reduce the likelihood of developing these illnesses.\u00a0Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is actively participating in the campaign by raising awareness of the project and encouraging the town's more than 2,000 employees to wear red on Friday, 19 February.<\/p>\n<h4>A global initiative by the World Heart Federation<\/h4>\n<p>The GoRed campaign is a global initiative by the World Heart Federation and was launched in Iceland in 2009. It is a collaborative project between Hjartavernd, Hjartaheill, Heilaheill and the professional association of cardiac nurses. The patron of the campaign in Iceland is Ingibj\u00f6rg P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir, former Minister of Health. The chairperson of the GoRed board is \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds J\u00f3na Hrafnkelsd\u00f3ttir, a specialist in cardiology.<\/p>\n<h4>Increased awareness and knowledge<\/h4>\n<p>Women are often unaware of their own risk and risk factors. According to research by Hjartavernd, the prevalence of risk factors increases in women after the age of 50, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and being overweight. Positively, smoking has decreased significantly in Iceland, but smoking is a very major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, particularly among women. A healthy diet and regular exercise can influence most risk factors for cardiovascular disease. \u00a0It is only a few years since the emphasis began to be placed on communicating specific information to women and healthcare professionals about the high prevalence of cardiovascular disease among women. It is important to inform women about the first symptoms of cardiovascular diseases so they can respond quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Here you can see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Go-Red-fyrir-konur-%C3%A1-%C3%8Dslandi-314666780026\/\">The campaign's Facebook page<\/a>&nbsp;and everyone is encouraged to send in a photo of themselves in red tomorrow, Friday 19th February, which is the official GoRed campaign day.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GoRed&nbsp;\u00e1taki\u00f0 mi\u00f0ar a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed&nbsp;a\u00f0 fr\u00e6\u00f0a konur um \u00e1h\u00e6ttu\u00fe\u00e6tti og einkenni hjarta- og \u00e6\u00f0asj\u00fakd\u00f3ma. Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6r tekur virkan \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed \u00e1takinu me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 vekja athygli \u00e1 verkefninu og hvetja r\u00famlega 2000 starfsmenn b\u00e6jarins til a\u00f0 kl\u00e6\u00f0ast rau\u00f0u f\u00f6studaginn 19. febr\u00faar. Hjarta- og \u00e6\u00f0asj\u00fakd\u00f3mar eru algengasta d\u00e1narors\u00f6k kvenna \u00e1 \u00cdslandi l\u00edkt og annarssta\u00f0ar \u00ed heiminum.&nbsp;GoRed&nbsp;\u00e1taki\u00f0 mi\u00f0ar a\u00f0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12911\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12911"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}