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Global Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance

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Editors:
  1. David V. McQueen

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

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  2. Pekka Puska

    1. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  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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Keywords

About this book

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)

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)

Editors and Affiliations

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

    David V. McQueen

  • World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

    Pekka Puska

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

  • 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

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