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Accelerating Action on NCDs: Understanding and Applying a Social Determinants of Health Framework for Change

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Social determinants of health provide an important framework to guide accelerated action on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) in low and middle-income countries. By addressing non-medical factors that also contribute to NCD prevalence, health promotion practitioners and all other development professionals, working in countries where there is less capacity in chronic care facilities and services, are better positioned to explore informing cross-sectoral intervention planning and synergistic program development. Based on country-level experiences, this chapter explores three dimensions: (1) the relationship between SDH and chronic diseases, (2) the interaction between NCDs, SDH, and poverty, including the relevance of child poverty as key social determinant to guide action, and (3) the difference made by SDH approach to NCDs in policy and program design. Programmatically, the chapter also explores the role of SDH and NCDs during emergency and humanitarian situations, and describes the lessons learned from the experiences from the field and other UN agencies. Specific reference is made to the importance of partnerships and community engagement when applying a SDH approach.

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    1 The outcome document at the High-Level Meeting on NCDs in 2011 noted that NCDs and risk factors worsen poverty and poverty contributes to rising rates of NCDs.

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    2 The Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction is an international network of 300 civil society organizations in 90 countries.

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    3 Students serve as police officers for the family and the community and are given the responsibility to issue traffic tickets (with the cooperation of traffic police).

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Manoncourt, E. (2013). Accelerating Action on NCDs: Understanding and Applying a Social Determinants of Health Framework for Change. In: McQueen, D. (eds) Global Handbook on Noncommunicable Diseases and Health Promotion. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7594-1_16

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