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:
NCD
SEX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/540311468012672471/Non-communicable-diseases-in-Jamaica-moving-from-prescription-to-prevention
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
World Bank
Non-Communicable Diseases in Jamaica : Moving from Prescription to Prevention
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Jamaica
description 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.
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author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Non-Communicable Diseases in Jamaica : Moving from Prescription to Prevention
title_short Non-Communicable Diseases in Jamaica : Moving from Prescription to Prevention
title_full Non-Communicable Diseases in Jamaica : Moving from Prescription to Prevention
title_fullStr Non-Communicable Diseases in Jamaica : Moving from Prescription to Prevention
title_full_unstemmed Non-Communicable Diseases in Jamaica : Moving from Prescription to Prevention
title_sort non-communicable diseases in jamaica : moving from prescription to prevention
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url 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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spelling okr-10986-268552021-04-23T14:04:37Z Non-Communicable Diseases in Jamaica : Moving from Prescription to Prevention World Bank 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 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. 2017-06-02T19:01:42Z 2017-06-02T19:01:42Z 2012 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/540311468012672471/Non-communicable-diseases-in-Jamaica-moving-from-prescription-to-prevention http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26855 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Health Study Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean Jamaica