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-The WHO's Stepwise Approach.
-The U.S.'s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
-The Finbalt Health Monitor.
-The EURALIM Experience.
-The Mega Country Health Promotion Network.
-And much more.
This book is for those currently involved in planning or conducting chronic disease risk factor surveillance. It is also a valuable reference for those interested in developing a global network of persons involved in this arena.
"This book is a godsend to those working in the area of monitoring and understanding changes overtime in chronic disease risk factors. It is a collection of 18 chapters authored by experts around the world and provides a comprehensive insight into establishing and maintaining the surveillance of behavioural risk factors both in developed and developing countries."
(Qaiser Mukhtar, Journal of Epidemila Community Health, 59:6)
Reviews
"This is the only volume available to address worldwide surveillance, and indeed it may be used immediately by those working internationally with such agencies as the World Bank, US Agency for International Development (USAID), foundations, and others."
(Norma Kanarek, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in American Journal of Epidemiology, 159:8)
"This book is a godsend to those working in the area of monitoring and understanding changes overtime in chronic disease risk factors. It is a collection of 18 chapters authored by experts around the world and provides a comprehensive insight into establishing and maintaining the surveillance of behavioural risk factors both in developed and developing countries.
(Qaiser Mukhtar, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 59:6)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
Editors: David V. McQueen, Pekka Puska
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0071-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-47777-5Published: 31 August 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4910-5Published: 25 September 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-0071-1Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 255
Topics: Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention