NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES: RISK FACTORS IN LOWER INCOME COUNTRIES

Preface

Chapter 1.Developmental issues of non-communicable diseases risk factors in lower income countries

Chapter 2. Predisposing, enabling and need factors for cervical cancer screening among a national sample of women in Bangladesh
Chapter 3. Perceived oral health status among adultsin Mongolia: Prevalence and correlates of a national survey in 2019
Chapter 4. Prevalence and correlates of intention to quit smoking among Jordanians and Syrians in Jordan: Results of a national STEPS survey in 2019
Chapter 5. Prevalence and correlates of non-communicable disease risk factors among Jordanian and Syrian adults in Jordan
Chapter 6.Yoga practice and non-communicable disease risk factors among middle-aged and older adults in India
Chapter 7. Trends in low physical activity among adults in Bhutan: Prevalence and correlates of national cross-sectional surveys in 2007, 2014, and 2019
Chapter 8.Dental service utilisation in the general adult population in Eswatini: Results of a national STEPS survey
Chapter 9.Enabling, disabling and need factors for cervical cancer screening among women in Bhutan in 2019
Chapter 10..High prevalence of dyslipidemia and associated factors among adults in a national survey in Myanmar
Chapter 11.Prevalence and correlates of sedentary behaviour among adults in Tonga: Trends of national cross-sectional surveys in 2004, 2011, and 2017
Chapter 12.The association between soft drink consumption and health risk behaviors among school-going adolescents in Bolivia
Chapter 13.Non-communicable disease risk factors and non-work participation among older adults in India
Chapter 14.National cross-sectional data on undiagnosed type 2 diabetes among adults in Ecuador
Chapter 15.Predictors of undiagnosed, diagnosed and total hypertension among adults in Afghanistan
Chapter 16.Suicide attempt among school-based adolescents in Bolivia: Risk factors and gender differences

Heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes can be described as non-communicable diseases and are now some of the leading causes of mortality around the world. These diseases result in huge burdens not only for the families involved, but also for society. In this book you will find information and discussion on cervical cancer screening, oral health status, intention to quit smoking, biological and behavioural NCD risk factors, yoga practice, low physical activity, dental service utilisation, dyslipidaemia, sedentary behaviour, soft drink consumption, non-work participation, undiagnosed type 2 diabetes, and undiagnosed, diagnosed and total hypertension in ten countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Ecuador, Eswatini, India, Jordan, Myanmar, and Tonga. It is hoped that findings from these papers may aid public policy and programmes for the prevention and control of non-communicable disease risk factors in lower income countries.

Author
Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc – Professor of Pediatrics at the Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel, Kentucky Children’s Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States and Professor of Public Health at the Center for Healthy Development, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States, the former Medical Director of the Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem and the Founder and Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Israel