Scaling Up Chronic Disease Prevention Interventions in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries
- 18 March 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Annual Reviews in Annual Review of Public Health
- Vol. 34 (1), 317-335
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031912-114402
Abstract
Chronic diseases are increasingly becoming a health burden in lower- and middle-income countries, putting pressure on public health efforts to scale up interventions. This article reviews current efforts in interventions on a population and individual level. Population-level interventions include ongoing efforts to reduce smoking rates, reduce intake of salt and trans–fatty acids, and increase physical activity in increasingly sedentary populations. Individual-level interventions include control and treatment of risk factors for chronic diseases and secondary prevention. This review also discusses the barriers in interventions, particularly those specific to low- and middle-income countries. Continued discussion of proven cost-effective interventions for chronic diseases in the developing world will be useful for improving public health policy.Keywords
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