Non-communicable diseases: prevention and control programs
Community Medicine · MBBS
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A 40-year-old's BP 150/95 at a health camp starts lifestyle + amlodipine. NCD control is opportunistic screening (BP, sugar, BMI at every contact — Health and Wellness Centres screen 30+ for diabetes/hypertension, oral/breast/cervical cancers) + risk-factor counseling (tobacco cessation, diet, 150 min/week activity) + drug protocols. The camp's single reading begins decades of management — complications (stroke, MI, kidney) are the price of neglect. Catching silent killers is the program's logic.
Related topics
- Concepts of health and disease, levels of prevention
- Epidemiology: measures of disease frequency, study designs
- Epidemiology: outbreak investigation, epidemic curves
- Biostatistics: data types, sampling, tests of significance
- Screening: validity of screening tests, natural history of disease
- Communicable diseases: surveillance and control principles