Non-Communicable Diseases in Jamaica : Moving from Prescription to Prevention

Jamaica is a Caribbean country that has initiated comprehensive programs to address Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). The government created the National Health Fund (NHF) to reduce the cost of treatment of NCDs and finance some prevention programs...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO TREATMENT ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME ADOLESCENTS ADULT POPULATION AGE GROUPS AGED AGING AIR POLLUTION ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ANXIETY ARTHRITIS ASTHMA BABIES BREAST CANCER BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCERS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CAUSES OF DEATH CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES CERVICAL CANCERS CHILDREN PER WOMAN CHOLESTEROL CHRONIC CONDITIONS CHRONIC DISEASE CHRONIC ILLNESS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COLON CANCER COMMUNICABLE DISEASE COMPLICATIONS CORONARY HEART DISEASE CULTURAL VALUES DEATH RATE DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEPENDENCY RATIO DEPRESSION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES DIABETES DIABETES MELLITUS DIET DIETS DIGESTIVE DISEASES DISABILITY DISASTERS DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE MANAGEMENT DISEASE PREVALENCE DISEASE PREVENTION DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL DRUGS EARLY DETECTION EATING HABITS ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY ELDERLY PEOPLE ELDERLY POPULATION EMERGENCIES ENDOCRINE DISORDERS EPIDEMIC EQUITABLE ACCESS EXPOSURE TO HEALTH RISKS FAMILIES FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FEWER CHILDREN FOOD PRODUCTION GENDER DISPARITY GENDER GAP GLOBAL HEALTH GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH IMPACT HEALTH MESSAGES HEALTH MINISTRIES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PLANNING HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTHY LIFE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES HEART ATTACK HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HOSPITALIZATIONS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HYGIENE HYPERTENSION IMMUNODEFICIENCY INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INFANT INFANT DEATHS INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFORMATION SYSTEMS INJURIES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE KNOWLEDGE BASE LAWS LEADING CAUSES LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH LEADING CAUSES OF MORTALITY LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LONGER LIVES MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS MARIJUANA MARKETING MEDICAL ATTENTION MEDICAL CARE MEDICINES MENTAL MENTAL ILLNESS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY MUSCLES MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL STRATEGY NCD NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITION NUTRITION EDUCATION NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES NUTRITIONAL DISEASES NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBESITY OLDER ADULTS OLDER PEOPLE OSTEOPOROSIS PARASITIC DISEASES PATIENT PATIENT EDUCATION PATIENT SATISFACTION PATIENTS PERSONAL HEALTH PHARMACEUTICALS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PHYSICAL WORK PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY MAKERS POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION STRUCTURE POPULATION STUDIES PREVALENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIES PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY QUALITY ASSURANCE RECREATION REGIONAL ACTION RESPECT RESPIRATORY DISEASES RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS RESPIRATORY SYSTEM RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS RESTAURANTS RISK FACTORS RURAL AREAS RURAL RESIDENTS RURAL WOMEN SANITATION SERVICE UTILIZATION SEX SKIN DISEASES SMOKERS SMOKING SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL PARTICIPATION SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SODIUM STOMACH STOMACH CANCER SYMPTOMS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEENAGERS TERTIARY LEVELS TOBACCO PRODUCTS TRANSPORTATION TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN DWELLERS URBAN WOMEN URBANIZATION USE OF CIGARETTES VIOLENCE WALKING WEIGHT GAIN WORKING CONDITIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG AGE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/540311468012672471/Non-communicable-diseases-in-Jamaica-moving-from-prescription-to-prevention http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26855

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Summary:	Jamaica is a Caribbean country that has initiated comprehensive programs to address Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). The government created the National Health Fund (NHF) to reduce the cost of treatment of NCDs and finance some prevention programs. The main objective of this study is to learn from Jamaica's experience in tackling major NCDs and related risk factors, to provide policy options for Jamaica to improve its NCD programs and to share with other countries the lessons learned from its experience. The study attempts to answer three questions: a) whether the NHF and its drug subsidy program have reduced out-of-pocket spending on NCDs; b) whether access to treatment of NCDs has improved; and c) what the economic burden on NCD patients and their families is. The report presents an overall picture of the epidemiological and demographic transitions in Jamaica, its current burden of NCDs, and the change in the trend of NCDs in the past decade, using publicly available data, particularly data from the Jamaica living condition household surveys. It assesses the risk factors and analyzes Jamaica's response to NCDs with emphasis on the impact of the NHF on people's lives. Estimates of the economic burden of NCDs are provided and policy options to improve Jamaica's NCD programs are suggested. This study focuses on Jamaica's experience in addressing major NCDs and their related risk factors with the objective of learning from Jamaica and providing policy options to Jamaica to improve its programs.

Non-Communicable Diseases in Jamaica : Moving from Prescription to Prevention

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