Residents of urban slums are at greater risk for disease than their non-slum dwelling urban counterparts. We sought to contrast the prevalences of selected non-communicable diseases (NCDs) between Brazilian adults living in a slum and the general population of the same city, by comparing the age and sex-standardized prevalences of selected NCDs from a 2010 survey in Pau da Lima, Salvador Brazil...

BACKGROUND: By the dawn of the third millennium, non communicable diseases are sweeping the entire globe, with an increasing trend in developing countries where, the transition imposes more constraints to deal with the double burden of infective and non-infective diseases in a poor environment characterised by ill-health systems. By 2020, it is predicted that these diseases will be causing seve...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is now recognized as a global public health problem, contributing substantially to the burden of non-communicable disease (NCD) [1, 2]. CKD is associated with a variety of NCD outcomes, including renal [end-stage renal disease (ESRD)], cardiovascular and noncardiovascular. It is important to quantify the risks associated with CKD on such disease outcomes in individu...

Field Surveys of diabetes and other non communicable disease (NCD) (hypertension, coronary heart disease) are increasingly being performed in both developed and developing countries [1]. Recent studies have shown that the prevalence of diabetes is very high among migrant Asian Indians [2] and is also rising very rapidly within the Indian sub continent [3]. Indeed, recent World Health Organisati...

Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) tend to be long-term and are caused by genetic, physiological, environmental, behavioral factors. Palestine is undergoing an epidemiological transition. It estimated nearly two out of three elderly Palestinians suffer from NCDs. This study aimed identify the barriers practicing physical activity eating a healthy diet among Palestinian non-communicabl...

Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD), also known as chronic diseases such hypertension, diabetes, and obesity, are from combined genetic, physiological, environmental, behavioral factors. The number of NCD screening visits at Ngletih Public Health Center (PHC) Kediri decreased in 2018 was 29% became 24% 2019, with a target 10,718 people. This study aimed to know the factors affecting community aware...

BACKGROUND Given the worldwide proliferation of cellphones, this paper examines their potential use for the surveillance of non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors in a Middle Eastern country. METHODS Data were derived from a national household survey of 2,656 adults (aged 18 years or older) in Lebanon in 2009. Responses to questions on phone ownership yielded two subsamples, the 'cell ph...

OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors (overweight/obesity, tobacco smoking, and alcohol consumption) and identify correlations between these and sociodemographic characteristics in western and central Nicaragua. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of 1 355 participants from six communities in Nicaragua conducted in September 2007-July 2009. De...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to develop assessment indicators of health education and promotion for non-communicable disease (NCD) demonstration districts in China and to identify significant factors associated with NCD health education and promotion work. METHODS Three complementary techniques were used to conduct this study in Hunan Province, China, between late 2013 and 2015. The Delphi tech...