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The World Health Organization STEPwise Approach to Noncommunicable Disease Risk-Factor Surveillance: Methods, Challenges, and Opportunities

American journal of public health (1971), 2016-01, Vol.106 (1), p.74-78 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright American Public Health Association Jan 2016 ;American Public Health Association 2016 2016 ;ISSN: 0090-0036 ;EISSN: 1541-0048 ;DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302962 ;PMID: 26696288 ;CODEN: AJPHDS

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Title:
The World Health Organization STEPwise Approach to Noncommunicable Disease Risk-Factor Surveillance: Methods, Challenges, and Opportunities
Author: Riley, Leanne ; Guthold, Regina ; Cowan, Melanie ; Savin, Stefan ; Bhatti, Lubna ; Armstrong, Timothy ; Bonita, Ruth
Subjects: AJPH Methods ; Behavior ; Blood pressure ; Cholesterol ; Chronic Disease - epidemiology ; Chronic Disease - prevention & control ; Cluster Analysis ; Collaboration ; Data collection ; Data Interpretation, Statistical ; Diabetes ; Disease ; Disease prevention ; Epidemiology ; Global Health ; Glucose ; Health behavior ; Health Plan Implementation - methods ; Health Plan Implementation - organization & administration ; Health Plan Implementation - statistics & numerical data ; Health surveillance ; Households ; Humans ; Medical screening ; Methods ; Other Chronic Disease ; Polls & surveys ; Population ; Population Surveillance - methods ; Public health ; Questionnaires ; Risk Factors ; Sampling Studies ; Sodium ; Surveillance ; Tobacco ; World Health Organization
Is Part Of: American journal of public health (1971), 2016-01, Vol.106 (1), p.74-78
Description: We sought to outline the framework and methods used by the World Health Organization (WHO) STEPwise approach to noncommunicable disease (NCD) surveillance (STEPS), describe the development and current status, and discuss strengths, limitations, and future directions of STEPS surveillance. STEPS is a WHO-developed, standardized but flexible framework for countries to monitor the main NCD risk factors through questionnaire assessment and physical and biochemical measurements. It is coordinated by national authorities of the implementing country. The STEPS surveys are generally household-based and interviewer-administered, with scientifically selected samples of around 5000 participants. To date, 122 countries across all 6 WHO regions have completed data collection for STEPS or STEPS-aligned surveys. STEPS data are being used to inform NCD policies and track risk-factor trends. Future priorities include strengthening these linkages from data to action on NCDs at the country level, and continuing to develop STEPS' capacities to enable a regular and continuous cycle of risk-factor surveillance worldwide.
Publisher: United States: American Public Health Association
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0090-0036
EISSN: 1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302962
PMID: 26696288
CODEN: AJPHDS
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The World Health Organization STEPwise Approach to Noncommunicable Disease Risk-Factor Surveillance: Methods, Challenges, and Opportunities

Copyright American Public Health Association Jan 2016 ;American Public Health Association 2016 2016 ;ISSN: 0090-0036 ;EISSN: 1541-0048 ;DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302962 ;PMID: 26696288 ;CODEN: AJPHDS

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