Risk Behaviors for Proactive Health Promotion

Naiema Abdalla Wagialla*, Muna Hassan Mustafa, Amal Omer Bashir, Amani Elsayed Abdullah, Hind Amin Merghani, Eiman Mohamed Ibrahim Haj and Ahmed Mohammed Alamin Abdulmajid Abdulrahman

Risk Behaviors for Proactive Health Promotion.

The major NCDs responsible for these deaths included cardiovascular diseases (17.9 million deaths, accounting for 44% of all NCDs deaths and 31% of all global deaths); cancers (9 million deaths, 22% of all NCDs deaths and 16% of all global deaths); chronic respiratory diseases (3.8 million deaths, 9% of all NCDs deaths and 7% of all global deaths); and diabetes (1.6 million deaths, 4% of all NCDs deaths and 3% of all global deaths). An even higher proportion (75%) of premature adult deaths
(occurring in those aged 30-69 years) was caused by NCDs, which meant that NCDs are not a problem for older populations. The global probability of dying from one of the four main NCDs in
2016 was 18%, with a slightly higher risk for males (22%) than for females (15%).

In addition, they are the main cause of death in all World Health Organization (WHO) regions (with the exception of Africa) and most individual countries. Although in some countries of the
Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) the demographic transition has not yet happened, NCDs are responsible for over fifty percent of all deaths. In the Arab World, NCDs were a cause of 55% of all
disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), from 41% in 1990.

According to the specific health topic, study participants were selected purposefully by the aid and permission of the local authorities/leaders. A very simple local and understandable language was
used for a structured conversation to obtain in-depth information concerning each participant. The discussions in each group took between 90-120 minutes. With each group, the researcher began
by introducing him/herself and explaining carefully and clearly the objectives of the discussion. He/she checked that the participants felt comfortable.


Public Health Open J
. 2019; 4(1): 15-23. doi: 10.17140/PHOJ-4-129

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