Ali Reza Mahdavi Hazaveh

Center for Noncommunicable Diseases Control, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran

[ 1 ] - Urban-Rural Differences in the Prevalence of Self-Reported Diabetes and its Risk Factors: The WHO STEPS Iranian Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factor Surveillance in 2011

AbstractThe high prevalence of diabetes in Iran and other developing countries is chiefly attributed to urbanization. The objectives of the present study were to assess the prevalence of self-reported diabetes and to determine its associated risk factors. This study is a part of the national noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance, conducted in 31 provinces of Iran in 2011. First, 1006...

[ 2 ] - Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Men and Women Referred to Health Centers in the Four Cities of the Ira-pen Pilot Program, 2016-2017

Introduction: The World Health Organization Package of Essential Noncommunicable Disease Interventions (WHO-PEN) enables the prevention, early detection, and management of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer. Ira-PEN is the adapted WHO-PEN program for the Iranian population, which started in 2015 as a pilot program in four cities (Naghadeh, Maragheh, Shahre...