Chronic non-communicable disease prevention and control

Author: Gu Xiuying Hu Yihhe
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: This book is divided into 33 chapters and 600,000 words, elaborating on the basic concepts of chronic non-communicable diseases; their etiology, influencing factors, epidemiological characteristics, and harms; community diagnosis, prevention and control programs, prevention and control strategies, intervention of major risk factors, health promotion, and monitoring of chronic non-communicable diseases and their risk factors. It also covers the concepts, etiology, epidemiology, prevention and control measures, and treatment principles of 19 chronic non-communicable diseases, including liver cancer, gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, lung cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer, hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Additionally, it discusses the World Health Organization's chronic non-communicable disease prevention and control strategies, an overview of the United States' chronic non-communicable disease prevention and control efforts, an exploration of China's chronic non-communicable disease prevention and control strategies, and practical experiences from China's community-based comprehensive prevention and control demonstration sites for chronic non-communicable diseases. The content of the book is systematic, well-organized, and easy to understand, serving as a reference book for public health professionals engaged in the prevention and control of chronic non-communicable diseases and grassroots clinical technicians. It is also a training textbook for community health service personnel, grassroots prevention and protection personnel, and health education technicians.