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  1. Promoting healthy living in Latin America and the Caribbean
    governance of multisectoral activities to prevent risk factors for noncommunicable diseases
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  World Bank, Washington, DC

    The Latin American and Caribbean region has been undergoing a rapid demographic and epidemiological transition, which has had important health and economic consequences. Not only is the population aging rapidly, it is also experiencing major... more

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    The Latin American and Caribbean region has been undergoing a rapid demographic and epidemiological transition, which has had important health and economic consequences. Not only is the population aging rapidly, it is also experiencing major lifestyle changes. These changes, in turn, have altered the disease and mortality profile of the region, resulting in a greater weight of noncommunicable diseases-such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, and diabetes-within the overall disease burden. As they affect more and more people, noncommunicable diseases pose a growing economic and development threat

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781464800177
    Other identifier:
    hdl: 10986/16376
    Series: Array
    Directions in Development--Human Development
    Subjects: Gesundheitsvorsorge; Gesundheitspolitik; Gesundheitsrisiko; Lateinamerika; Karibischer Raum; disability; economic impact; NCDs; health systems cost; intermediate risk factors; high blood pressure/hypertension; high blood cholesterol; high blood glucose; overweight; obesity; modifiable behavioral risk factors; unhealthy diets; physical inactivity; tobacco use; alcohol abuse; multi-sectoral interventions; non-communicable diseases; population aging
    Scope: Online-Ressource (XXIV, 221 S.), graph. Darst.
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    Enth. 6 Beitr

    Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Tables; Figures; Box; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; The Health and Economic Burden of NCDs in LAC; Risk Factors for NCDs in LAC; International Experience in Multisectoral Interventions to Prevent Health Risk Factors: Overcoming Governance Challenges Involved in Their Design and Implementation; Multisectoral Interventions to Prevent Health Risk Factors in LAC-The Unfinished Agenda; Notes; Bibliography; Introduction; Note; Bibliography; Chapter 1 Noncommunicable Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Who Is Most Affected?Differences in NCD Death Rates by Sex; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 2 Risk Factors for NCDs in Latin America and the Caribbean; Chapter 3 Economic Impact of NCDs in Latin America and the Caribbean; Chapter 4 Governance of Multisectoral Interventions to Promote Healthy Living: International Examples; Chapter 5 Multisectoral Interventions to Promote Healthy Living in Latin America and the Caribbean; Chapter 6 Lessons Learned and Agenda for the Future

    Appendix A Survey Sources, Health Status Surveyed, and Information on NCDs and Disability, for Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, and Honduras, Various YearsAppendix B Dietary Analysis Methodology; Back Cover

  2. Promoting healthy living in Latin America and the Caribbean
    governance of multisectoral activities to prevent risk factors for noncommunicable diseases
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  World Bank, Washington, DC

    The Latin American and Caribbean region has been undergoing a rapid demographic and epidemiological transition, which has had important health and economic consequences. Not only is the population aging rapidly, it is also experiencing major... more

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    The Latin American and Caribbean region has been undergoing a rapid demographic and epidemiological transition, which has had important health and economic consequences. Not only is the population aging rapidly, it is also experiencing major lifestyle changes. These changes, in turn, have altered the disease and mortality profile of the region, resulting in a greater weight of noncommunicable diseases-such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, and diabetes-within the overall disease burden. As they affect more and more people, noncommunicable diseases pose a growing economic and development threat

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781464800177
    Other identifier:
    hdl: 10986/16376
    Series: Array
    Directions in Development--Human Development
    Subjects: Gesundheitsvorsorge; Gesundheitspolitik; Gesundheitsrisiko; Lateinamerika; Karibischer Raum; disability; economic impact; NCDs; health systems cost; intermediate risk factors; high blood pressure/hypertension; high blood cholesterol; high blood glucose; overweight; obesity; modifiable behavioral risk factors; unhealthy diets; physical inactivity; tobacco use; alcohol abuse; multi-sectoral interventions; non-communicable diseases; population aging
    Scope: Online-Ressource (XXIV, 221 S.), graph. Darst.
    Notes:

    Description based upon print version of record

    Enth. 6 Beitr

    Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Tables; Figures; Box; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; The Health and Economic Burden of NCDs in LAC; Risk Factors for NCDs in LAC; International Experience in Multisectoral Interventions to Prevent Health Risk Factors: Overcoming Governance Challenges Involved in Their Design and Implementation; Multisectoral Interventions to Prevent Health Risk Factors in LAC-The Unfinished Agenda; Notes; Bibliography; Introduction; Note; Bibliography; Chapter 1 Noncommunicable Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Who Is Most Affected?Differences in NCD Death Rates by Sex; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 2 Risk Factors for NCDs in Latin America and the Caribbean; Chapter 3 Economic Impact of NCDs in Latin America and the Caribbean; Chapter 4 Governance of Multisectoral Interventions to Promote Healthy Living: International Examples; Chapter 5 Multisectoral Interventions to Promote Healthy Living in Latin America and the Caribbean; Chapter 6 Lessons Learned and Agenda for the Future

    Appendix A Survey Sources, Health Status Surveyed, and Information on NCDs and Disability, for Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, and Honduras, Various YearsAppendix B Dietary Analysis Methodology; Back Cover