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National Strategies for Preventing and Managing Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Countries
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide and are responsible for a high burden of disease. Many countries have developed national strategies for the management and prevention of NCDs to improve the care of chronically ill people or prevent NCDs. This article aims to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8867176/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35223747 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.838051 |
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author | Gassner, Lucia Zechmeister-Koss, Ingrid Reinsperger, Inanna |
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description | Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide and are responsible for a high burden of disease. Many countries have developed national strategies for the management and prevention of NCDs to improve the care of chronically ill people or prevent NCDs. This article aims to provide an overview of national NCD strategies from selected countries and their implementation. The focus was on cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes type II, and depression. A comprehensive, structured hand search was conducted in various databases and websites for national strategies on the 4 NCDs. According to pre-defined criteria, 18 strategies from 8 countries (Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Finland, Ireland, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia) were selected. The included NCD strategies differ considerably in terms of level of detail, structure and implementation. All strategies include information on planned activities, but only a few provide detailed information on these interventions, including their evaluation. A structured approach from the macro to the micro level seems crucial for a comprehensive, coordinated overall policy. Strategies should be evaluated regularly using appropriate methods to measure target achievement. For the prevention and management of NCDs, it is important to start in early childhood and to adequately consider the social determinants of health with a “Health in All Policies” approach. |
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spelling | pubmed-88671762022-02-25 National Strategies for Preventing and Managing Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Countries Gassner, Lucia Zechmeister-Koss, Ingrid Reinsperger, Inanna Front Public Health Public Health Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide and are responsible for a high burden of disease. Many countries have developed national strategies for the management and prevention of NCDs to improve the care of chronically ill people or prevent NCDs. This article aims to provide an overview of national NCD strategies from selected countries and their implementation. The focus was on cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes type II, and depression. A comprehensive, structured hand search was conducted in various databases and websites for national strategies on the 4 NCDs. According to pre-defined criteria, 18 strategies from 8 countries (Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Finland, Ireland, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia) were selected. The included NCD strategies differ considerably in terms of level of detail, structure and implementation. All strategies include information on planned activities, but only a few provide detailed information on these interventions, including their evaluation. A structured approach from the macro to the micro level seems crucial for a comprehensive, coordinated overall policy. Strategies should be evaluated regularly using appropriate methods to measure target achievement. For the prevention and management of NCDs, it is important to start in early childhood and to adequately consider the social determinants of health with a “Health in All Policies” approach. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8867176/ /pubmed/35223747 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.838051 Text en Copyright © 2022 Gassner, Zechmeister-Koss and Reinsperger. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Gassner, Lucia Zechmeister-Koss, Ingrid Reinsperger, Inanna National Strategies for Preventing and Managing Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Countries |
title | National Strategies for Preventing and Managing Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Countries |
title_full | National Strategies for Preventing and Managing Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Countries |
title_fullStr | National Strategies for Preventing and Managing Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Countries |
title_full_unstemmed | National Strategies for Preventing and Managing Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Countries |
title_short | National Strategies for Preventing and Managing Non-communicable Diseases in Selected Countries |
title_sort | national strategies for preventing and managing non-communicable diseases in selected countries |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8867176/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35223747 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.838051 |
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