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An analysis of the health status of the United Arab Emirates: the ‘Big 4’ public health issues
BACKGROUND: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a rapidly developing country composed of a multinational population with varying educational backgrounds, religious beliefs, and cultural practices, which pose a challenge for population-based public health strategies. A number of public health issues si...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3566378/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23394856 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v6i0.20100 |
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author | Loney, Tom Aw, Tar-Ching Handysides, Daniel G. Ali, Raghib Blair, Iain Grivna, Michal Shah, Syed M. Sheek-Hussein, Mohamud El-Sadig, Mohamed Sharif, Amer A. El-Obaid, Yusra |
author_facet | Loney, Tom Aw, Tar-Ching Handysides, Daniel G. Ali, Raghib Blair, Iain Grivna, Michal Shah, Syed M. Sheek-Hussein, Mohamud El-Sadig, Mohamed Sharif, Amer A. El-Obaid, Yusra |
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description | BACKGROUND: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a rapidly developing country composed of a multinational population with varying educational backgrounds, religious beliefs, and cultural practices, which pose a challenge for population-based public health strategies. A number of public health issues significantly contribute to morbidity and mortality in the UAE. This article summarises the findings of a panel of medical and public health specialists from UAE University and various government health agencies commissioned to report on the health status of the UAE population. METHODS: A systematic literature search was conducted to retrieve peer-reviewed articles on health in the UAE, and unpublished data were provided by government health authorities and local hospitals. RESULTS: The panel reviewed and evaluated all available evidence to list and rank (1=highest priority) the top four main public health issues: 1) Cardiovascular disease accounted for more than 25% of deaths in 2010; 2) Injury caused 17% of mortality for all age groups in 2010; 3) Cancer accounted for 10% of all deaths in 2010, and the incidence of all cancers is projected to double by 2020; and 4) Respiratory disorders were the second most common non-fatal condition in 2010. CONCLUSION: The major public health challenges posed by certain personal (e.g. ethnicity, family history), lifestyle, occupational, and environmental factors associated with the development of chronic disease are not isolated to the UAE; rather, they form part of a global health problem, which requires international collaboration and action. Future research should focus on population-based public health interventions that target the factors associated with the development of various chronic diseases. |
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spelling | pubmed-35663782013-02-07 An analysis of the health status of the United Arab Emirates: the ‘Big 4’ public health issues Loney, Tom Aw, Tar-Ching Handysides, Daniel G. Ali, Raghib Blair, Iain Grivna, Michal Shah, Syed M. Sheek-Hussein, Mohamud El-Sadig, Mohamed Sharif, Amer A. El-Obaid, Yusra Glob Health Action Original Article BACKGROUND: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a rapidly developing country composed of a multinational population with varying educational backgrounds, religious beliefs, and cultural practices, which pose a challenge for population-based public health strategies. A number of public health issues significantly contribute to morbidity and mortality in the UAE. This article summarises the findings of a panel of medical and public health specialists from UAE University and various government health agencies commissioned to report on the health status of the UAE population. METHODS: A systematic literature search was conducted to retrieve peer-reviewed articles on health in the UAE, and unpublished data were provided by government health authorities and local hospitals. RESULTS: The panel reviewed and evaluated all available evidence to list and rank (1=highest priority) the top four main public health issues: 1) Cardiovascular disease accounted for more than 25% of deaths in 2010; 2) Injury caused 17% of mortality for all age groups in 2010; 3) Cancer accounted for 10% of all deaths in 2010, and the incidence of all cancers is projected to double by 2020; and 4) Respiratory disorders were the second most common non-fatal condition in 2010. CONCLUSION: The major public health challenges posed by certain personal (e.g. ethnicity, family history), lifestyle, occupational, and environmental factors associated with the development of chronic disease are not isolated to the UAE; rather, they form part of a global health problem, which requires international collaboration and action. Future research should focus on population-based public health interventions that target the factors associated with the development of various chronic diseases. Co-Action Publishing 2013-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3566378/ /pubmed/23394856 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v6i0.20100 Text en © 2013 Tom Loney et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Loney, Tom Aw, Tar-Ching Handysides, Daniel G. Ali, Raghib Blair, Iain Grivna, Michal Shah, Syed M. Sheek-Hussein, Mohamud El-Sadig, Mohamed Sharif, Amer A. El-Obaid, Yusra An analysis of the health status of the United Arab Emirates: the ‘Big 4’ public health issues |
title | An analysis of the health status of the United Arab Emirates: the ‘Big 4’ public health issues |
title_full | An analysis of the health status of the United Arab Emirates: the ‘Big 4’ public health issues |
title_fullStr | An analysis of the health status of the United Arab Emirates: the ‘Big 4’ public health issues |
title_full_unstemmed | An analysis of the health status of the United Arab Emirates: the ‘Big 4’ public health issues |
title_short | An analysis of the health status of the United Arab Emirates: the ‘Big 4’ public health issues |
title_sort | analysis of the health status of the united arab emirates: the ‘big 4’ public health issues |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3566378/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23394856 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v6i0.20100 |
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