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Promoting Healthy Living and Aging in Central America : Multi-sectoral Approaches to Prevent Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the main cause of death and disability in Central America. However, communicable diseases and maternal and child conditions remain important causes of death and disability as well as injuries. With the aging of...

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Main Authors:	Bonilla-Chacin, Maria Eugenia, Vásquez, Luis T. Marcano
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABNORMALITIES ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENTS ADULT POPULATION AGING ALCOHOL ABUSE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ALCOHOLIC ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ASTHMA BEHAVIOR CHANGE BIRTHS BLINDNESS BOTH SEXES BREAST BREAST CANCER BREASTFEEDING BULLETIN BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCERS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CAUSES OF DEATH CERVICAL CANCER CHILD CARE CHILD MORTALITY CHILDHOOD CHILDREN PER WOMAN CHOLESTEROL CHRONIC CONDITION CHRONIC CONDITIONS CHRONIC DISEASE CHRONIC DISEASES CHRONIC MALNUTRITION COLON CANCER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPLICATIONS CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES CORONARY HEART DISEASE CRIME DANGERS DEATH RATE DEATH RATES DEATHS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEPENDENCY RATIOS DEPRESSION DIABETES DIABETES MELLITUS DIAGNOSIS DIET DIETS DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE CONTROL DISEASE RISK FACTORS DOUBLE BURDEN DRUG ABUSE DRUGS DURATION OF DISEASE EARLY ADOLESCENCE EARLY DETECTION ELDERLY ELDERLY POPULATION ENDOCRINE DISORDERS ENERGY INTAKE EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE EPILEPSY FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALES FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FITNESS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GANGRENE GENDER GIRLS GLOBAL HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH MINISTRIES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEILLANCE HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTHY BEHAVIORS HEALTHY LIFE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES HEART DISEASE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HIGH DEATH RATES HIGH-RISK HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS HIV/AIDS HORMONE HOSPITALIZATIONS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYPERTENSION ILLNESS IMPACT ON HEALTH INFANT INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFERTILITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS INJURIES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERVENTION KIDNEY FAILURE LARGE POPULATION LAWS LEISURE TIME LEVELS OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF FERTILITY LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFESTYLES LIVER LIVER CIRRHOSIS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LOW FERTILITY LUNG CANCER MALNUTRITION MAMMOGRAMS MANDATES MARKETING MASS MEDIA MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MEAT MINISTRIES OF HEALTH MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES MOTHER MOTHERS MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION NCD NEOPLASMS NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES NUTRITION NUTRITION INFORMATION NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES OBESITY OLDER ADULTS ORAL CANCER OSTEOPOROSIS OVERWEIGHT PANCREAS PARASITIC DISEASES PATIENTS PATTERNS OF CONSUMPTION PEER REVIEW PERINATAL CONDITIONS PHARYNX PHYSICAL ACTIVITY POISONINGS POLICY CONCERN POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION INCREASES POPULATION MOMENTUM PREGNANCY PREMATURE DEATH PREVALENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES REGIONAL STRATEGIES REGIONAL STRATEGY REPLACEMENT LEVEL REPRODUCTIVE AGE RESPECT RESPIRATORY DISEASE RESPIRATORY DISEASES RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS RESTAURANTS RICHER COUNTRIES RISK FACTORS ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS RURAL AREAS SCHOOL HEALTH SCREENING SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS SMOKERS SMOKING SOCIAL NETWORKS SODIUM SPILLOVER STD TB TEENAGERS THERAPY TOBACCO TOBACCO PRODUCTS TOBACCO USE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION USE OF ALCOHOL VIOLENCE VITAL STATISTICS WALKING WORKERS WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORKPLACE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG MALES YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG POPULATIONS YOUTH YOUTHS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/16750912/promoting-healthy-living-aging-central-america-multi-sectoral-approaches-prevent-chronic-non-communicable-diseases http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13580

Promoting Healthy Living and Aging in Central America : Multi-sectoral Approaches to Prevent Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases

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