[HTML][HTML] Understanding integrated service delivery: a scoping review of models for noncommunicable disease and mental health interventions in low-and-middle …

AJ Adler, L Drown, C Boudreaux, MM Coates… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions
represent a growing proportion of disease burden in low-and middle-income countries …

[HTML][HTML] Fiscal policy to improve diets and prevent noncommunicable diseases: from recommendations to action

AM Thow, SM Downs, C Mayes, H Trevena… - Bulletin of the World …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended the “implementation of an
effective tax on sugar-sweetened beverages” as one of several key measures to address …

Cross-national comparisons of socioeconomic differences in the prevalence of leisure-time and occupational physical activity, and active commuting in six Asia-Pacific …

A Bauman, G Ma, F Cuevas, Z Omar… - … of Epidemiology & …, 2011 - jech.bmj.com
Background This study describes physical activity patterns and their association with
socioeconomic factors in six countries in the Asia-Pacific region, and examines whether …

'Implementability'matters: using implementation research steps to guide and support non-communicable disease national planning in low-income and middle-income …

AM Jackson-Morris, G Mutungi, E Maree… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
The 'implementation gap'between national plans and successful implementation is a central
theme in addressing non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It is a factor that has undermined …

[HTML][HTML] Cost-effectiveness of population level and individual level interventions to combat non-communicable disease in Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa and South East …

MY Bertram, D Chisholm, R Watts… - … journal of health …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: To determine the health system costs and health-related benefits of
interventions for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) …

Implementing effective salt reduction programs and policies in low-and middle-income countries: learning from retrospective policy analysis in Argentina, Mongolia …

J Webster, JA Santos, M Hogendorf, K Trieu… - Public Health …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Objective: To understand the factors influencing the implementation of salt reduction
interventions in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). Design: Retrospective policy …

Progress on salt reduction in the Pacific Islands: from strategies to action

A Christoforou, W Snowdon, N Laesango… - Heart, Lung and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Most populations are consuming too much salt which is the main contributor of
high blood pressure, a leading risk factor of cardiovascular disease and stroke. The South …

[BOOK][B] Physical activity in low-and middle-income countries

K Siefken, AR Varela, T Waqanivalu, N Schulenkorf - 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The book explores the uncertainty of knowledge around physical activity behavior and its
distinctive meanings in LMIC contexts, the factors influencing physical activity, and how …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the science that supports population‐wide salt reduction programs

J Webster, T Waqanivalu, JA Arcand… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
1. BACKGROUND Independent systematic reviews of the totality of the evidence by
governments and international agencies throughout the world uniformly conclude that …

A stocktake of physical activity programs in the Pacific Islands

K Siefken, R Macniven, G Schofield… - Health promotion …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Population non-communicable disease (NCD) risk is among the highest in the world in the
Pacific region. Increasing physical activity (PA) levels may be effective in reducing NCD risk …