Promoting Healthy Living in Latin America and the Caribbean: Governance of Multisectoral Activities to Prevent Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases

Promoviendo una vida saludable en América Latina y el Caribe: gobernanza de intervenciones multisectoriales para la prevención de factores de riesgo de enfermedades no transmisibles

María Eugenia Bonilla-Chacín

No 16376 in World Bank Publications - Books from The World Bank Group

Abstract: This report examines the health and economic impact of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) in Latin America and the Caribbean and the governance, design, and implementation of multisectoral policies to prevent these conditions. These include polices to improve diets, increase physical activity, and reduce tobacco use and alcohol abuse. The report focuses on how policy decisions involving multi-sectoral interventions to prevent health risk factors are taken, which stakeholders directly or indirectly participate in these decisions, which incentives they face, and what strategies they use in these processes.

Keywords: Health; Nutrition and Population-Disease Control & Prevention Health; Nutrition and Population-Health Policy and Management Health; Nutrition and Population-Health and Poverty Health; Nutrition and Population-Public Health Promotion Poverty Reduction-Poverty and Health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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