The World Health Organization STEPwise Approach to Noncommunicable Disease Risk-Factor Surveillance: Methods, Challenges, and Opportunities
Author(s) -
Leanne M Riley,
Regina Guthold,
Melanie Cowan,
Stefan Savin,
Lubna Bhatti,
Timothy Armstrong,
Ruth Bonita
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2015.302962
Subject(s) - environmental health , interview , medicine , risk factor , disease surveillance , data collection , disease , political science , statistics , mathematics , law , pathology
We sought to outline the framework and methods used by the World Health Organization (WHO) STEPwise approach to noncommunicable disease (NCD) surveillance (STEPS), describe the development and current status, and discuss strengths, limitations, and future directions of STEPS surveillance.
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