Health systems strengthening for noncommunicable disease control and healthy aging: integrated actions in Aruba and Curaçao
Caribbean countries are experiencing social, epidemiological, and demographic transitions shaped by the growing elderly population and the rise of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)now responsible for 78% of all deaths. These circumstances demand rethinking the model of care to improve health outcomes...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e4bf7963fabc4472b86d64fd511fde00 2023-05-15T15:03:08+02:00 Health systems strengthening for noncommunicable disease control and healthy aging: integrated actions in Aruba and Curaçao Malhi Cho Melissa Marchand Enrique Vega Reynaldo Holder Silvana Luciani Jeanine Constansia-Kook José Moya 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2019.55 https://doaj.org/article/e4bf7963fabc4472b86d64fd511fde00 EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://iris.paho.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/51069 https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-5348 1020-4989 1680-5348 doi:10.26633/RPSP.2019.55 https://doaj.org/article/e4bf7963fabc4472b86d64fd511fde00 Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 43, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2019) Health systems aging noncommunicable diseases Aruba Curaçao Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2019.55 2022-12-31T16:26:56Z Caribbean countries are experiencing social, epidemiological, and demographic transitions shaped by the growing elderly population and the rise of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)now responsible for 78% of all deaths. These circumstances demand rethinking the model of care to improve health outcomes and build more sustainable health systems with new orientations in policy, service delivery, organization, training, technology, and financing. Policy must be aimed towards healthy living, leveraging interventions that ensure healthy aging. The health system must proactively structure interventions to reduce the incidence of new NCD cases and to prevent related complications. Interventions should be focused on optimizing the individuals capacity, functional ability, and autonomy within adapted environments, as well as with the necessary preventive, long-term care, self-care, community care, and health system support. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública 43 1 |
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Caribbean countries are experiencing social, epidemiological, and demographic transitions shaped by the growing elderly population and the rise of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)now responsible for 78% of all deaths. These circumstances demand rethinking the model of care to improve health outcomes and build more sustainable health systems with new orientations in policy, service delivery, organization, training, technology, and financing. Policy must be aimed towards healthy living, leveraging interventions that ensure healthy aging. The health system must proactively structure interventions to reduce the incidence of new NCD cases and to prevent related complications. Interventions should be focused on optimizing the individuals capacity, functional ability, and autonomy within adapted environments, as well as with the necessary preventive, long-term care, self-care, community care, and health system support. |
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Malhi Cho Melissa Marchand Enrique Vega Reynaldo Holder Silvana Luciani Jeanine Constansia-Kook José Moya |
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Health systems strengthening for noncommunicable disease control and healthy aging: integrated actions in Aruba and Curaçao |
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Health systems strengthening for noncommunicable disease control and healthy aging: integrated actions in Aruba and Curaçao |
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Health systems strengthening for noncommunicable disease control and healthy aging: integrated actions in Aruba and Curaçao |
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