[Prevention strategy of chronic non-communicable diseases]

Wiad Lek. 2014;67(2 Pt 2):279-81.
[Article in Ukrainian]

Abstract

Purpose: Based on global experience and modern recommendations to highlight priority directions of struggle against chronic non-communicable diseases.

Methods: Information and analytical, comparative and systematic analysis.

Results: The decision of problem of chronic non-communicable diseases requires change of paradigms in health care. Effective step fortransition from centric disease paradigms in health care toward preventive medicine is increase health literacy of the population, formation of principle of prenosological approach to early revealing of non-communicable diseases, development and implementation for target groups of the population screening programs for the most common chronic non-communicable diseases.

Conclusions: Preventive direction of struggle against non-communicable diseases should be based on increase of motivation to health, as own and associates, organization mass screening programs in target groups of the population and reorientation of health care to work with healthy people.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Chronic Disease / prevention & control*
  • Health Literacy / organization & administration*
  • Health Promotion / organization & administration*
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening / organization & administration*
  • Risk Reduction Behavior*