The World Health Organization STEPwise Approach to Noncommunicable Disease Risk-Factor Surveillance: Methods, Challenges, and Opportunities.

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We sought to outline the framework and methods used by the World Health Organization (WHO) STEPwise approach to noncommunicable disease (NCD) surveillance (STEPS), describe the development and current status, and discuss strengths, limitations, and future directions of STEPS surveillance.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Am J Public Health

Title: American journal of public health

Publisher: American Public Health Association

ISSN (Electronic): 1541-0048

ISSN (Print): 0090-0036

Publication date (Electronic): Jan 2016

Volume: 106

Issue: 1

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[1 ] Leanne Riley, Regina Guthold, Melanie Cowan, Stefan Savin, Lubna Bhatti, and Timothy Armstrong are with Department for Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Ruth Bonita is with University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Article

DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302962

PMC ID: 4695948

PubMed ID: 26696288

SO-VID: c8be559c-d270-402f-af7a-2c8dffd9f376

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