By Vida Demarin
Public health action during World Brain Day in Croatia.
In celebration of the first World Brain Day, the Croatian Stroke Society in cooperation with Zagreb’s Institute for the Culture of Health, Associations of People’s Health Andrija Å tampar, Society for Neuropsychiatry and the Student Council of the Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb, organized a public health action in Zagreb, Croatia, on July 27, 2014.
The public health action, which was held on Kvaternik’s square in the center of the city of Zagreb, was to celebrate World Brain Day by promoting the activities of the associations and to raise the awareness among community that brain diseases are mostly
Volunteers measuring stroke risk factors.
preventable and that actual perception of the brain should be changed. The day’s activities included measuring stroke risk factors such as blood pressure, blood sugar and body mass index. More than 250 people have measured their stroke risk factors, and more than 1,000 promotional materials were distributed during a day.
TV broadcasting with Prof. Vida Demarin during public health action.
Prof. Vida Demarin, president of the Croatian Stroke Society and the Zagreb’s Institute for the Culture of Health, was a guest at a TV and a radio show dedicated to celebration of World Brain Day. She pointed out the necessity of such activities in promotion of brain health and prevention of brain diseases.
The community response was more than great, even though it was time of summer vacations in Croatia, which encourages us to continue with such activities in the future.
Demarin is the president of the Croatian Stroke Society and Zagreb’s Institute for the Culture of Health.
