Case Study on Problem of Hypertension in Oman | Report

Running head: OMAN DIET PLAN
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Introduction
Hypertension is said to one of the most long term health condition where the blood pressure
remains elevated for which many other diseases like cardiovascular disease comes into play. This
project aims to assess the prevention of hypertension through dietary control.
Discussion
A common medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries remains elevated
continuously is known to be high blood pressure or hypertension (El-Aty et al., 2015). This is a
key predictor for cardiovascular disease, and a major population of Oman is prone towards
hypertension. Stakeholders are mainly referred to a person, a group or an organization that play a
significant role in an organization. The stakeholders involved in hypertension are government,
public, providers, hospital administrator, non-governmental entities and professional associations
(Kneafsey et al., 2016). Governments and policymaker play an important role in preventing
hypertension. Some interventions are as follows:
 Implementation of cost-effective, sustainable and affordable health policies
 Merging hypertension control programmes that focus o cardiovascular risk and brinks out
strategies to control and prevention of non-communicable disease.
 Setting up a proper monitoring system to keep track of the prevalence rate of
hypertension
 Ensure proper access to curative, preventive and rehabilitative health services.
 Encourage some quality actions at primary health care that will ensure the prevention of
hypertension

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 Confirm the availability of medicines that are indulged in reducing hypertension.
 Monitoring and revising all components of the health system such a service delivery,
human resource, financing and basic technologies.
 Promoting exposure to a healthy diet and physical exercise and reducing the use of
tobacco and alcohol.
Public or the individuals also holds a significant stake in healthcare. The public is considered
as a consumer of health service or as a patient of hypertension. The public's main concern is with
the quality of the care, access to care and cost of the care. Patients are said to be the beneficiary
customers of the payors and receive care from the providers. Individuals are responsible for
keeping their blood pressure in check. They must ensure health lifestyle by intake of healthy
food and proper exercise. Along with blood pressure, it is important to check blood cholesterol
and blood sugar level and urine albumin.
The place of providers as a stakeholder is significant. The providers are community
health care professional and hospital health care professional. The community, health care
professional, includes the professionals of health care that includes doctors, nurses, health
workers and voluntary health workers. The hospital health care professionals include physicians,
nurses and pharmacists. The providers provide health service to patients with hypertension and
maintain health information with them. The providers coordinate with the patient and
operationalize the care delivery within the policy framework (Borras et al., 2014). The health
workers play a pivotal role in raising awareness among the various population on hypertension
by conducting campaigns on blood pressure measurement. Implementation of a health education
programme in the workplace on hypertension is another approach taken by the health workers.
Following the guidelines by WHO and utilizing the tools to manage hypertension in primary

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health care is another intervention of health care. The health workers are involved in making
appropriate use of medicine by following WHO guidelines.
The non-governmental organization's partners with academia to build workforce capacity
and skills of individuals, communities and families. Mobilize social and political awareness of
hypertension. Improve access to fields and parks for physical activity for patients with
hypertension.
The professional associates are also considered as important stakeholders of
hypertension. The academia is involved in providing training on management and detection of
hypertension within the curricula of physicians, nurses and health workers. Implementation of
cost-effective measures for prevention and control of hypertension.
Along with these, the private sector is also important stakeholders.
The private sector is responsible for the marketing of healthy products and non -alcoholic
beverages with correct labelling. Promote tobacco-free workplaces and contribution to the
advancement of technology for the detection of blood pressure.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) under the Directorate General for Primary Health Care is
associated with diet control in hypertension. Another organization that is related to dietary
control of hypertension is WHO. In 2016, WHO has launched the Global Hearts Initiative to
support the government in preventing and treating a cardiovascular disease which is highly
associated with hypertension. HEARTS aims to improve the management and prevention of
cardiovascular disease, which includes hypertension detection and management. The five
modules of the HEARTS includes healthy-lifestyle counselling, evidence-based treatment
protocols, access to essential medicine and technology, team-based care and systems for