Harnessing Non-Communicable Diseases: Lessons for Health Professionals in the Middle Eastern Gulf

Harnessing Non-Communicable Diseases: Lessons for Health Professionals in the Middle Eastern Gulf

Nada M. Albawardi
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781466687028|ISBN10: 1466687029|EISBN13: 9781466687035
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8702-8.ch005
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Albawardi, Nada M. "Harnessing Non-Communicable Diseases: Lessons for Health Professionals in the Middle Eastern Gulf." Transforming Public Health in Developing Nations, edited by Mohamud Sheikh, et al., IGI Global, 2015, pp. 103-120. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8702-8.ch005

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Albawardi, N. M. (2015). Harnessing Non-Communicable Diseases: Lessons for Health Professionals in the Middle Eastern Gulf. In M. Sheikh, A. Mahamoud, & M. Househ (Eds.), Transforming Public Health in Developing Nations (pp. 103-120). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8702-8.ch005

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Albawardi, Nada M. "Harnessing Non-Communicable Diseases: Lessons for Health Professionals in the Middle Eastern Gulf." In Transforming Public Health in Developing Nations, edited by Mohamud Sheikh, Aziza Mahamoud, and Mowafa Househ, 103-120. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8702-8.ch005

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Abstract

Public health services in the developing world have predominately focused on curative rather than preventive strategies for managing communicable diseases. Non-communicable diseases however have now emerged as the leading threat to the health and socio-economic prosperity of these nations. The rising incidence of non-communicable diseases in Saudi Arabia and other Arabian Gulf countries now affects younger populations causing longer periods of ill health and decreased labour output. Prevention is vital in battling non-communicable diseases and reducing the strain on the health care system. Almost all non-communicable diseases share modifiable risk factors that require the attention of health care and other sectors to introduce greater preventive measures. This chapter will discuss factors contributing to the obstacles the health systems of countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council face in meeting the growing burden of non-communicable diseases and the steps taken to meet these challenges.

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