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Current Health Risks and Prediction of the Next Ten Years to Focus on Health Promotion Interventions
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Ahmad Kousha   , Zeinab Javadivala , Lida Saboktakin , Farzad Mokhtari , Mohammad Asghari jafarabadi , Fariba Pashazadeh , Nilufar Alizadeh |
| Department of Health Education & Promotion, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz, Iran |
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Abstract: (1844 Views) |
Background: The aim of this study was to systematically review existing studies to predict the next ten years of common diseases and to propose effective interventions to reduce risk factors, morbidity and premature mortality resulting from these diseases in Iran.
Methods: A systematic review was conducted in order to predict the next ten year of non-communicable diseases and review the proposed measures of the World Health Organization to prevent and control them.
Results: According to the predictions made for the next ten years, cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and lung diseases will be the leading diseases causing the most lost years of life or years spent with disability. To act against thig growing trend, The World Health Organization has suggested interventions in four areas of governance, reducing exposure to risk factors, strengthening the health care system to respond to these diseases, and finally continuous monitoring of changes in risk factors and chronic diseases, causes of mortality due to these diseases, and also executive, preventive and control measures.
Conclusion: Proposed interventions are based on integration of preventive and control programs in the health care system, so that each and every high-risk individual in the most peripheral health levels are identified and provided with preventive care. |
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| Keywords: Forecasting, Health Promotion, Non-Communicable Diseases, Systematic Reviews |
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Received: 2021/11/23 | Accepted: 2022/05/15 | ePublished ahead of print: 2022/06/7 | Published: 2022/06/21
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