Global Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction

   • David V. McQueen, Pekka Puska

   Pages 1-2

3. Why is Global Surveillance Necessary?

   • Pekka Puska

   Pages 3-7

4. The WHO Stepwise Approach to Surveillance (Steps) of Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors

   • Ruth Bonita, Regina Winkelmann, Kathy A. Douglas, Maximilian de Courten

   Pages 9-22

5. Partnerships, Strategies, and Alliances for Global Surveillance

   • Vivian Lin

   Pages 23-33

6. Analysis and Interpretation of Data from the U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

   • Deborah Holtzman

   Pages 35-46

7. Surveillance Systems and Data Analysis: Continuously Collected Behavioural Data

   • Stefano Campostrini

   Pages 47-56

8. Finbalt Health Monitor

   • Ritva Prättälä, Ville Helasoja, Finbalt Group, Anu Kasmel, Jurate Klumbiene, Iveta Pudule

   Pages 57-72

9. Towards a European Health Monitoring System

   • Alfred Rütten, Heiko Ziemainz, Randall Rzewnicki, Yves Vanden Auweele, Wil T. M. Ooijendijk, Frederico Schena et al.

   Pages 73-93

10. Comparison of Surveillance Data on Metropolitan and Rural Health

    • David H. Wilson

    Pages 95-117

11. Did They Use It?

    • Judith M. Ottoson, David H. Wilson

    Pages 119-131

12. Harmonising Local Health Survey Data

    • Alfredo Morabia, Mary E. Northridge, Sigrid Beer-Borst, Serge Hercberg, the EURALIM Study Group

    Pages 133-154

13. Analysis, Interpretation, and Use of Complex Social and Behavioral Surveillance Data

    • David V. McQueen, Linda Gauger Elsner

    Pages 155-177

14. Mega Country Health Promotion Network Surveillance Initiative

    • Kathy A. Douglas, Gonghuan Yang, David V. McQueen, Pekka Puska

    Pages 179-196

15. Epidemiological Surveillance System in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • Ligia de Salazar

    Pages 197-207

16. Creating a Synthetic Behavioural Risk Factor Index to Assess Trends in Surveillance Data

    • Stefano Campostrini, David V. McQueen

    Pages 209-220

17. Perspectives on Building Infra-Structure, Comparing Data, and Using Surveillance Data in Developing Countries

    • David V. McQueen, Mary Hall, Kelli Byers Hooper

    Pages 221-226

18. Non-Communicable Disease Surveillance in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • Stephen J. Corber, Sylvia C. Robles, Pedro Orduñez, Paz Rodríguez

    Pages 227-232

19. Perspectives on Global Risk Factor Surveillance

    • David V. McQueen

    Pages 233-245

20. Back Matter

    Pages 247-255

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Behavioral risk factor surveillance involves systematically collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data on behaviors people engage in that put their health at risk. The opportunity exists to prevent the leading health problems, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and diabetes by monitoring key lifestyle or behavioral risk factors including alcohol and tobacco use, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity. The volume contains the latest information on surveillance by the international public health community, including:

-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)

• Diabetes
• International Public Health
• Public Health
• World Health Organization
• cancer
• epidemiological

"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)

• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion, Atlanta, USA

  David V. McQueen

• World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

  Pekka Puska

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