Global behavioral risk factor surveillance / edited by David V. McQueen and Pekka Puska.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McQueen, David V.

Puska, Pekka, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World health.

Health behavior--Cross-cultural studies.

Health behavior.

Health risk assessment--Cross-cultural studies.

Health risk assessment.

Public health--Cross-cultural studies.

Public health.

Global Health.

Health Behavior--ethnology.

Health Status Indicators.

Public Health.

Medical Subjects:

Global Health.

Health Behavior--ethnology.

Health Status Indicators.

Public Health.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 255 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2003]

Contents:

2. Why is Global Surveillance Necessary? Towards Global Surveillance of Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors: Developments and Challenges / Pekka Puska 3

2. Major Issues 4

3. International Structures 5

4. Recent Progress 6

3. The Who Stepwise Approach to Surveillance (Steps) of Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors / Ruth Bonita, Regina Winkelmann, Kathy A. Douglas, Maximilian de Courten 9

2. The Emerging Epidemic of Chronic Diseases 10

3. Surveillance 11

3.2. The Role of WHO in Responding to the NCD Epidemic 11

3.3. Risk Factor Surveillance or Disease Surveillance? 12

3.4. Choice of Risk Factors for Global NCD Surveillance 13

3.5. Choice of Core Measures 13

4. Who Stepwise Approach to Surveillance (Steps) 14

4.1. A Framework for NCD Risk Factor Surveillance 14

4.2. Inclusion of Additional NCD Risk Factors for Local Needs 16

4.3. Choice of Summary Measures 16

5. From Surveys to Surveillance 17

8. Appendix: Key Questions for Planning NCD Risk Factor Surveillance 19

8.1. What Are the Long-Term Objectives? 19

8.2. Which Risk Factors Will Be Measured? 19

8.3. How Will the Risk Factor Measures Be Obtained? 19

8.4. What Is the Sample for the Survey? 19

8.5. How Big Must the Sample Be? 20

8.6. Will the Data Be Trusted? 20

8.7. How Will the Data Be Handled and Analysed? 20

8.8. What Will the Project Cost? 21

8.9. What Ethical Approval Is Required? 21

8.10. Is Everything Ready To Start? 21

8.11. How Will Oversight and Quality Control of the Surveillance System Be Managed? 22

8.12. How Is Surveillance Infra-Structure Being Built and Maintained? 22

4. Partnerships, Strategies, and Alliances for Global Surveillance / Vivian Lin 23

2. Users and Partners 24

3. Strategies for Partnership Development 25

4. Lessons from the Ground 28

4.1. China (Top-Down Partnership) 28

4.2. Australia (Bottom-Up Partnership) 30

5. Issues for Global Development 31

5. Analysis and Interpretation of Data from the U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) / Deborah Holtzman 35

2. The System 35

2.1. Development of the BRFSS 35

2.2. Sampling Procedures 36

2.3. Joint Venture 36

2.4. Expansion 38

3. Analysis and Interpretation of BRFSS Data 39

3.1. Questionnaire Flexibility 39

3.2. Sample Design 40

3.3. Data Quality 40

3.4. Accessibility of Data 41

3.5. Use of BRFSS Data by States 41

3.6. Use of BRFSS Data by CDC and Other Agencies 42

6. Surveillance Systems and Data Analysis: Continuously Collected Behavioural Data. British and American Examples / Stefano Campostrini 47

1.1. Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance Systems 47

1.2. Peculiarities of Data from Surveillance Systems 48

2.1. Simple Trend Estimates 49

2.2. "Sophisticated" Trend Estimates (and Inter-Action among Variables) 51

2.3. Deconstruction of Change 52

2.4. Trends and Changes in the Association among Variables 52

2.5. Evaluation and Intervention Analyses 53

2.6. Estimate of the Change Point over Time 54

7. Finbalt Health Monitor. Monitoring Health Behaviour in Finland and the Baltic Countries / Ritva Prattala, Ville Helasoja, the Finbalt Group 57

2. Estonia, Finland, Latvia, and Lithuania: Nations and Populations 58

3. Conducting the Finbalt Health Monitor 60

3.1. Origins and History of the Finbalt Project 60

3.2. Administration of the Finbalt Project 60

3.3. Development of the Finbalt Questionnaire 61

3.4. Main Domains of the 1998 Finbalt Questionnaire 63

4. Evaluation of the Finbalt Material 66

4.1. Data Collection 66

4.2. Quality of the Data 68

8. Towards a European Health Monitoring System. Results of a Pilot Study on Physical Activity / Alfred Rutten, Randall Rzewnicki, Heiko Ziemainz, Wil T. M. Ooijendijk, Frederico Schena, Timo Stahl, Yves Vanden Auweele, John Welshman 73

1.1. Background: Relevance of the European Community Approach to Health Monitoring 74

1.2. The Health Monitoring Programme 74

1.3. Demonstration Project: The European Physical Activity Surveillance System 75

2. Inventory of Physical Activity Indicators, Surveys, and Surveillance Structures 77

2.1. Data and Methods 77

2.2. Comparison of Existing European Union Physical Activity Surveys 78

3. Development of New Survey Indicators 82

4. Design and Methods Testing 83

5. Data, Testing, and Results 84

5.1. Indicator Test Study 84

5.2. Response Rates for Telephone and Mail Surveys 84

5.3. Results of Reliability Analysis 87

5.4. Results of Comparability Analysis 87

5.5. Results of Regression Analysis: Predictive Power Related to Subjective Health Status 88

7. Next Steps of Development 92

9. Comparison of Surveillance Data on Metropolitan and Rural Health. Diabetes in Southern Australia as an Example / David H. Wilson 95

3.1. Participants 99

3.2. Data Collection 99

3.3. Statistical Methods 100

4. Results 101

10. Did They Use It? Beyond the Collection of Surveillance Information / Judith M. Ottoson, David H. Wilson 119

2. Surveillance Assumptions and Context 120

3. Understanding the Dimensions of Use 122

3.1. What Is Used? 123

3.2. What Are the Kinds of Uses? 124

3.3. Who Uses It? 126

3.4. When Is It Used? 127

3.5. How Direct Is the Derivation? 127

3.6. How Much Effect Is Needed before Data Are Considered Used? 128

3.7. How Well Is It Used? 128

4. Implications for Use 128

11. Harmonising Local Health Survey Data. The Euralim Experience / Alfredo Morabia, Mary E. Northridge, Sigrid Beer-Borst, Serge Hercberg 133

2. Euralim 134

2.2. Study Design 134

2.3. Harmonisation and Database Management 135

2.4. Harmonisation of Dietary Data 136

2.5. Comparison of Within-Population Contrasts 140

2.6. Information Campaign 148

3. The Euralim Experience 148

3.1. Co-ordination of Locally Based Surveys 148

3.2. Definition of New Uniform Variables 148

3.3. Age Standardisation 150

3.4. Contrasts by Gender, Age Group, and Social Class 150

3.5. Realistic Public Health Objectives 151

4. Strategies for Global Surveillance of Health Determinants 151

7. Appendix: Euralim Sites and Key Personnel 154

12. Analysis, Interpretation, and Use of Complex Social and Behavioral Surveillance Data. Looking Back in Order to go Forward / David V. McQueen, Linda Gauger Elsner 155

2. Framework and Goals of the Meeting 156

3. Plenary Session 156

4. Working Groups 158

4.1. Analysis Group 158

4.2. Interpretation Group 163

4.3. Data Use Group 168

5. Closing Session and Development of Recommendations 175

13. Mega Country Health Promotion Network Surveillance Initiative. Strengthening the Capacity of the World's Most Populous Countries to Monitor Non-Communicable Disease Behavioural Risk Factors / Kathy A. Douglas, Gonghuan Yang, David V. McQueen, Pekka Puska 179

2. Experiences Conducting Continuous Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance Systems in the United States and China 180

2.1. U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 180

2.2. China's Adaptation of the BRFSS 181

2.3. Comparison of U.S. and China Surveillance Systems 181

2.4. Lessons Learned 182

2.5. Issues for Further Consideration 188

3. Mega Country Health Promotion Network Surveillance Goals 191

3.1. Moving from Surveys to Surveillance 191

3.2. Addressing Critical Population-Based NCD Health Needs 192

3.3. Contributing to Global NCD Data Collection 193

4. Surveillance Challenges in the Mega Countries 193

14. Epidemiological Surveillance System in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Perspectives, Challenges, and Solutions / Ligia de Salazar 197

2. Epidemiological Surveillance in Latin America and the Caribbean 198

2.2. Limitations and Challenges 199

3. A Community-Based Information and Epidemiological Surveillance System: An Answer to the Obstacles in Developing Countries 201

3.1. Rationale 201

3.2. Information and Epidemiological Surveillance System for School-Age and Adolescent Populations (SIVEA) 203

15. Creating a Synthetic Behavioural Risk Factor Index to Assess Trends in Surveillance Data. An Index of Risk for Cardio-Vascular Disease as an Example / Stefano Campostrini, David V. McQueen 209

2. Creating a Synthetic Behavioural Risk Factor Index 210

3. The U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 211

3.1. History of the BRFSS 211

3.2. BRFSS Methodology 211

3.3. Using BRFSS Data to Create a Synthetic Index 212

4.1. The Cardiovascular Disease Behavioral Risk Index (CaDRI) 213

4.2. The Delphi Technique 214

4.3. Data Analysis 215

5. Results 215

16. Perspectives on Building Infra-Structure, Comparing Data, and Using Surveillance Data in Developing Countries / David V. McQueen, Mary Hall, Kelli Byers Hooper 221

3. Issues 222

3.1. Capacity 222

3.2. Comparability 223

3.3. Data Use 224

4. Themes 225

4.1. Time as a Variable 226

4.2. Sampling Methods 226

4.3. Data Collection 226

4.4. Data Analysis 226

4.5. How Data Are Used 226

4.6. Limitations 226

17. Non-Communicable Disease Surveillance in Latin America and the Caribbean. Advances Supported by the Pan American Health Organization / Stephen J. Corber, Sylvia C. Robles, Pedro Ordunez, Paz Rodriguez 227

1. The Pan American Health Organization 227

2. Surveillance of Non-Communicable Diseases 228

2.1. Questionnaire Development 229

2.2. Survey Evaluation 229

18. Perspectives on Global Risk Factor Surveillance. Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead / David V. McQueen 233

1. The Watershed 233

2. The Power of Behavioural Monitoring 234

4. Four Essentials of a Socio-Behavioural Monitoring System for Public Health 235

5. Two Major Areas of Concern for Socio-Behavioural Monitoring 237

6. History and Development of Questionnaires Used in Risk Factor Surveillance 239

7. Challenges in Questionnaires 241

8. Opportunities in Questionnaires 242

9. Analysis of Surveillance Data 243.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0306477777

OCLC:

52178388