Promoting Healthy Living and Aging in Central America : Multi-sectoral Approaches to Prevent Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the main cause of death and disability in Central America. However, communicable diseases and maternal and child conditions remain important causes of death and disability as well as injuries. With the aging of...
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ABNORMALITIES ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENTS ADULT POPULATION AGING ALCOHOL ABUSE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ALCOHOLIC ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ASTHMA BEHAVIOR CHANGE BIRTHS BLINDNESS BOTH SEXES BREAST BREAST CANCER BREASTFEEDING BULLETIN BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCERS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CAUSES OF DEATH CERVICAL CANCER CHILD CARE CHILD MORTALITY CHILDHOOD CHILDREN PER WOMAN CHOLESTEROL CHRONIC CONDITION CHRONIC CONDITIONS CHRONIC DISEASE CHRONIC DISEASES CHRONIC MALNUTRITION COLON CANCER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPLICATIONS CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES CORONARY HEART DISEASE CRIME DANGERS DEATH RATE DEATH RATES DEATHS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEPENDENCY RATIOS DEPRESSION DIABETES DIABETES MELLITUS DIAGNOSIS DIET DIETS DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE CONTROL DISEASE RISK FACTORS DOUBLE BURDEN DRUG ABUSE DRUGS DURATION OF DISEASE EARLY ADOLESCENCE EARLY DETECTION ELDERLY ELDERLY POPULATION ENDOCRINE DISORDERS ENERGY INTAKE EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE EPILEPSY FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALES FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FITNESS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GANGRENE GENDER GIRLS GLOBAL HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH MINISTRIES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEILLANCE HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTHY BEHAVIORS HEALTHY LIFE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES HEART DISEASE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HIGH DEATH RATES HIGH-RISK HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS HIV/AIDS HORMONE HOSPITALIZATIONS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYPERTENSION ILLNESS IMPACT ON HEALTH INFANT INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFERTILITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS INJURIES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERVENTION KIDNEY FAILURE LARGE POPULATION LAWS LEISURE TIME LEVELS OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF FERTILITY LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFESTYLES LIVER LIVER CIRRHOSIS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LOW FERTILITY LUNG CANCER MALNUTRITION MAMMOGRAMS MANDATES MARKETING MASS MEDIA MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MEAT MINISTRIES OF HEALTH MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES MOTHER MOTHERS MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION NCD NEOPLASMS NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES NUTRITION NUTRITION INFORMATION NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES OBESITY OLDER ADULTS ORAL CANCER OSTEOPOROSIS OVERWEIGHT PANCREAS PARASITIC DISEASES PATIENTS PATTERNS OF CONSUMPTION PEER REVIEW PERINATAL CONDITIONS PHARYNX PHYSICAL ACTIVITY POISONINGS POLICY CONCERN POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION INCREASES POPULATION MOMENTUM PREGNANCY PREMATURE DEATH PREVALENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES REGIONAL STRATEGIES REGIONAL STRATEGY REPLACEMENT LEVEL REPRODUCTIVE AGE RESPECT RESPIRATORY DISEASE RESPIRATORY DISEASES RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS RESTAURANTS RICHER COUNTRIES RISK FACTORS ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS RURAL AREAS SCHOOL HEALTH SCREENING SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS SMOKERS SMOKING SOCIAL NETWORKS SODIUM SPILLOVER STD TB TEENAGERS THERAPY TOBACCO TOBACCO PRODUCTS TOBACCO USE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION USE OF ALCOHOL VIOLENCE VITAL STATISTICS WALKING WORKERS WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORKPLACE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG MALES YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG POPULATIONS YOUTH YOUTHS |
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ABNORMALITIES ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENTS ADULT POPULATION AGING ALCOHOL ABUSE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ALCOHOLIC ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ASTHMA BEHAVIOR CHANGE BIRTHS BLINDNESS BOTH SEXES BREAST BREAST CANCER BREASTFEEDING BULLETIN BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCERS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CAUSES OF DEATH CERVICAL CANCER CHILD CARE CHILD MORTALITY CHILDHOOD CHILDREN PER WOMAN CHOLESTEROL CHRONIC CONDITION CHRONIC CONDITIONS CHRONIC DISEASE CHRONIC DISEASES CHRONIC MALNUTRITION COLON CANCER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPLICATIONS CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES CORONARY HEART DISEASE CRIME DANGERS DEATH RATE DEATH RATES DEATHS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEPENDENCY RATIOS DEPRESSION DIABETES DIABETES MELLITUS DIAGNOSIS DIET DIETS DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE CONTROL DISEASE RISK FACTORS DOUBLE BURDEN DRUG ABUSE DRUGS DURATION OF DISEASE EARLY ADOLESCENCE EARLY DETECTION ELDERLY ELDERLY POPULATION ENDOCRINE DISORDERS ENERGY INTAKE EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE EPILEPSY FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALES FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FITNESS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GANGRENE GENDER GIRLS GLOBAL HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH MINISTRIES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEILLANCE HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTHY BEHAVIORS HEALTHY LIFE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES HEART DISEASE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HIGH DEATH RATES HIGH-RISK HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS HIV/AIDS HORMONE HOSPITALIZATIONS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYPERTENSION ILLNESS IMPACT ON HEALTH INFANT INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFERTILITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS INJURIES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERVENTION KIDNEY FAILURE LARGE POPULATION LAWS LEISURE TIME LEVELS OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF FERTILITY LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFESTYLES LIVER LIVER CIRRHOSIS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LOW FERTILITY LUNG CANCER MALNUTRITION MAMMOGRAMS MANDATES MARKETING MASS MEDIA MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MEAT MINISTRIES OF HEALTH MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES MOTHER MOTHERS MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION NCD NEOPLASMS NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES NUTRITION NUTRITION INFORMATION NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES OBESITY OLDER ADULTS ORAL CANCER OSTEOPOROSIS OVERWEIGHT PANCREAS PARASITIC DISEASES PATIENTS PATTERNS OF CONSUMPTION PEER REVIEW PERINATAL CONDITIONS PHARYNX PHYSICAL ACTIVITY POISONINGS POLICY CONCERN POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION INCREASES POPULATION MOMENTUM PREGNANCY PREMATURE DEATH PREVALENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES REGIONAL STRATEGIES REGIONAL STRATEGY REPLACEMENT LEVEL REPRODUCTIVE AGE RESPECT RESPIRATORY DISEASE RESPIRATORY DISEASES RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS RESTAURANTS RICHER COUNTRIES RISK FACTORS ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS RURAL AREAS SCHOOL HEALTH SCREENING SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS SMOKERS SMOKING SOCIAL NETWORKS SODIUM SPILLOVER STD TB TEENAGERS THERAPY TOBACCO TOBACCO PRODUCTS TOBACCO USE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION USE OF ALCOHOL VIOLENCE VITAL STATISTICS WALKING WORKERS WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORKPLACE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG MALES YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG POPULATIONS YOUTH YOUTHS Bonilla-Chacin, Maria Eugenia Vásquez, Luis T. Marcano Promoting Healthy Living and Aging in Central America : Multi-sectoral Approaches to Prevent Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases |
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Latin America & Caribbean Central America |
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Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP)
discussion paper; |
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Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the
main cause of death and disability in Central America.
However, communicable diseases and maternal and child
conditions remain important causes of death and disability
as well as injuries. With the aging of the population and
improvements in the control of infectious diseases, the
share of NCDs in the total burden of disease is likely to
increase. However, in Central America these diseases cause
death at a much younger age than in higher-income countries.
It is critical to prevent and control NCDs, both for their
impact on health, as well as the economy. When not
controlled, they can cause costly hospitalizations and large
productivity losses due to absenteeism, disability and
premature deaths. Finally, they can impoverish households
hit by out-of-pocket payments for health services and drugs.
A large share of NCDs can be prevented since they result
from exposure to health risk factors such as unhealthy
diets, physical inactivity, tobacco use, and the harmful use
of alcohol. Central Americans have very high caloric diets
that are rich in sodium and refined sugars, and lifestyles
that often involve low levels of physical activity.
Similarly, large shares of youth in some of the countries
smoke, while alcohol consumption among drinkers and the
frequency of binge drinking in Nicaragua and Guatemala are
very high. Although all countries in the region have
introduced multi-sectoral interventions to prevent NCD risk
factors, much remains to be done: for example, countries
have been more successful controlling smoking than
addressing physical inactivity, alcohol abuse and poor
diets. The role of the health sector is central to
preventing NCDs: It needs to ensure their surveillance,
along with the risk factors. In addition, the sector needs
to ensure that effective multi-sectoral efforts to prevent
these conditions take place. |
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Bonilla-Chacin, Maria Eugenia Vásquez, Luis T. Marcano |
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Bonilla-Chacin, Maria Eugenia Vásquez, Luis T. Marcano |
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Bonilla-Chacin, Maria Eugenia |
| title |
Promoting Healthy Living and Aging in Central America : Multi-sectoral Approaches to Prevent Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases |
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Promoting Healthy Living and Aging in Central America : Multi-sectoral Approaches to Prevent Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases |
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Promoting Healthy Living and Aging in Central America : Multi-sectoral Approaches to Prevent Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases |
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Promoting Healthy Living and Aging in Central America : Multi-sectoral Approaches to Prevent Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases |
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Promoting Healthy Living and Aging in Central America : Multi-sectoral Approaches to Prevent Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases |
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promoting healthy living and aging in central america : multi-sectoral approaches to prevent chronic noncommunicable diseases |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/16750912/promoting-healthy-living-aging-central-america-multi-sectoral-approaches-prevent-chronic-non-communicable-diseases http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13580 |
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okr-10986-135802021-04-23T14:03:08Z Promoting Healthy Living and Aging in Central America : Multi-sectoral Approaches to Prevent Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases Bonilla-Chacin, Maria Eugenia Vásquez, Luis T. Marcano ABNORMALITIES ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENTS ADULT POPULATION AGING ALCOHOL ABUSE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ALCOHOLIC ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ASTHMA BEHAVIOR CHANGE BIRTHS BLINDNESS BOTH SEXES BREAST BREAST CANCER BREASTFEEDING BULLETIN BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCERS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CAUSES OF DEATH CERVICAL CANCER CHILD CARE CHILD MORTALITY CHILDHOOD CHILDREN PER WOMAN CHOLESTEROL CHRONIC CONDITION CHRONIC CONDITIONS CHRONIC DISEASE CHRONIC DISEASES CHRONIC MALNUTRITION COLON CANCER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPLICATIONS CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES CORONARY HEART DISEASE CRIME DANGERS DEATH RATE DEATH RATES DEATHS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEPENDENCY RATIOS DEPRESSION DIABETES DIABETES MELLITUS DIAGNOSIS DIET DIETS DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE CONTROL DISEASE RISK FACTORS DOUBLE BURDEN DRUG ABUSE DRUGS DURATION OF DISEASE EARLY ADOLESCENCE EARLY DETECTION ELDERLY ELDERLY POPULATION ENDOCRINE DISORDERS ENERGY INTAKE EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE EPILEPSY FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALES FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FITNESS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GANGRENE GENDER GIRLS GLOBAL HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH MINISTRIES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEILLANCE HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTHY BEHAVIORS HEALTHY LIFE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES HEART DISEASE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HIGH DEATH RATES HIGH-RISK HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS HIV/AIDS HORMONE HOSPITALIZATIONS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYPERTENSION ILLNESS IMPACT ON HEALTH INFANT INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFERTILITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS INJURIES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERVENTION KIDNEY FAILURE LARGE POPULATION LAWS LEISURE TIME LEVELS OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF FERTILITY LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFESTYLES LIVER LIVER CIRRHOSIS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LOW FERTILITY LUNG CANCER MALNUTRITION MAMMOGRAMS MANDATES MARKETING MASS MEDIA MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MEAT MINISTRIES OF HEALTH MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES MOTHER MOTHERS MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION NCD NEOPLASMS NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES NUTRITION NUTRITION INFORMATION NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES OBESITY OLDER ADULTS ORAL CANCER OSTEOPOROSIS OVERWEIGHT PANCREAS PARASITIC DISEASES PATIENTS PATTERNS OF CONSUMPTION PEER REVIEW PERINATAL CONDITIONS PHARYNX PHYSICAL ACTIVITY POISONINGS POLICY CONCERN POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION INCREASES POPULATION MOMENTUM PREGNANCY PREMATURE DEATH PREVALENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES REGIONAL STRATEGIES REGIONAL STRATEGY REPLACEMENT LEVEL REPRODUCTIVE AGE RESPECT RESPIRATORY DISEASE RESPIRATORY DISEASES RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS RESTAURANTS RICHER COUNTRIES RISK FACTORS ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS RURAL AREAS SCHOOL HEALTH SCREENING SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS SMOKERS SMOKING SOCIAL NETWORKS SODIUM SPILLOVER STD TB TEENAGERS THERAPY TOBACCO TOBACCO PRODUCTS TOBACCO USE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION USE OF ALCOHOL VIOLENCE VITAL STATISTICS WALKING WORKERS WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORKPLACE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG MALES YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG POPULATIONS YOUTH YOUTHS Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the main cause of death and disability in Central America. However, communicable diseases and maternal and child conditions remain important causes of death and disability as well as injuries. With the aging of the population and improvements in the control of infectious diseases, the share of NCDs in the total burden of disease is likely to increase. However, in Central America these diseases cause death at a much younger age than in higher-income countries. It is critical to prevent and control NCDs, both for their impact on health, as well as the economy. When not controlled, they can cause costly hospitalizations and large productivity losses due to absenteeism, disability and premature deaths. Finally, they can impoverish households hit by out-of-pocket payments for health services and drugs. A large share of NCDs can be prevented since they result from exposure to health risk factors such as unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, tobacco use, and the harmful use of alcohol. Central Americans have very high caloric diets that are rich in sodium and refined sugars, and lifestyles that often involve low levels of physical activity. Similarly, large shares of youth in some of the countries smoke, while alcohol consumption among drinkers and the frequency of binge drinking in Nicaragua and Guatemala are very high. Although all countries in the region have introduced multi-sectoral interventions to prevent NCD risk factors, much remains to be done: for example, countries have been more successful controlling smoking than addressing physical inactivity, alcohol abuse and poor diets. The role of the health sector is central to preventing NCDs: It needs to ensure their surveillance, along with the risk factors. In addition, the sector needs to ensure that effective multi-sectoral efforts to prevent these conditions take place. 2013-05-28T20:05:34Z 2013-05-28T20:05:34Z 2012-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/16750912/promoting-healthy-living-aging-central-america-multi-sectoral-approaches-prevent-chronic-non-communicable-diseases http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13580 English en_US Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) discussion paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Central America |