Promoting Healthy Living in Latin America and the Caribbean : Governance of Multisectoral Activities to Prevent Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases

This report examines the health and economic impact of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) in Latin America and the Caribbean and the governance, design, and implementation of multisectoral policies to prevent these conditions. These include polices to improve diets, increase physical activity, and reduc...

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Main Author:	Bonilla-Chacín, María Eugenia
Format:	Publication
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16376

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spelling	okr-10986-163762021-04-23T14:03:28Z Promoting Healthy Living in Latin America and the Caribbean : Governance of Multisectoral Activities to Prevent Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases Bonilla-Chacín, María Eugenia Bonilla-Chacín, María Eugenia 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 This report examines the health and economic impact of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) in Latin America and the Caribbean and the governance, design, and implementation of multisectoral policies to prevent these conditions. These include polices to improve diets, increase physical activity, and reduce tobacco use and alcohol abuse. The report focuses on how policy decisions involving multi-sectoral interventions to prevent health risk factors are taken, which stakeholders directly or indirectly participate in these decisions, which incentives they face, and what strategies they use in these processes. 2013-12-11T20:42:21Z 2013-12-11T20:42:21Z 2014 978-1-4648-0016-0 10.1596/978-1-4648-0016-0 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16376 en_US Directions in Development--Human Development; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Latin America ARGENTINA Colombia Mexico Uruguay
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spellingShingle	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 Bonilla-Chacín, María Eugenia Promoting Healthy Living in Latin America and the Caribbean : Governance of Multisectoral Activities to Prevent Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases
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description	This report examines the health and economic impact of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) in Latin America and the Caribbean and the governance, design, and implementation of multisectoral policies to prevent these conditions. These include polices to improve diets, increase physical activity, and reduce tobacco use and alcohol abuse. The report focuses on how policy decisions involving multi-sectoral interventions to prevent health risk factors are taken, which stakeholders directly or indirectly participate in these decisions, which incentives they face, and what strategies they use in these processes.
author2	Bonilla-Chacín, María Eugenia
author_facet	Bonilla-Chacín, María Eugenia Bonilla-Chacín, María Eugenia
format	Publications & Research :: Publication
author	Bonilla-Chacín, María Eugenia
author_sort	Bonilla-Chacín, María Eugenia
title	Promoting Healthy Living in Latin America and the Caribbean : Governance of Multisectoral Activities to Prevent Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases
title_short	Promoting Healthy Living in Latin America and the Caribbean : Governance of Multisectoral Activities to Prevent Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases
title_full	Promoting Healthy Living in Latin America and the Caribbean : Governance of Multisectoral Activities to Prevent Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases
title_fullStr	Promoting Healthy Living in Latin America and the Caribbean : Governance of Multisectoral Activities to Prevent Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases
title_full_unstemmed	Promoting Healthy Living in Latin America and the Caribbean : Governance of Multisectoral Activities to Prevent Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases
title_sort	promoting healthy living in latin america and the caribbean : governance of multisectoral activities to prevent risk factors for noncommunicable diseases
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2013
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Promoting Healthy Living in Latin America and the Caribbean : Governance of Multisectoral Activities to Prevent Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases

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