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ArticleJournal of public health policy2015

Global prevention and control of NCDs: Limitations of the standard approach.

Neil Pearce, Shah Ebrahim, Martin McKee, Peter Lamptey, Mauricio L Barreto, Don Matheson, Helen Walls, Sunia Foliaki, J Jaime Miranda, Oyun Chimeddamba and 3 more

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Article in Journal of public health policy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
11.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Physical activity equivalent labeling vs. calorie labeling: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018
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  19. The Built Environment-A Missing "Cause of the Causes" of Non-Communicable Diseases.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 9 institutions in 6 countries.

Neil PearceCentre for Global NCDs, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
Shah EbrahimCentre for Global NCDs, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
Martin McKeeEuropean Centre on Health of Societies in Transition (ECOHOST), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Peter LampteyCentre for Global NCDs, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
Mauricio L BarretoInstituto de Saude Coletiva, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, Brazil.
Don MathesonCentre for Public Health Research, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand.
Helen WallsCentre for Global NCDs, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
Sunia FoliakiCentre for Public Health Research, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand.
J Jaime MirandaCRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
Oyun ChimeddambaDepartment of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Luis Garcia-MarcosRespiratory and Allergy Units, Arrixaca University Children's Hospital, University of Murcia and IMIB-Arrixaca Research Institute, Spain.
Andy HainesDepartment of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Paolo VineisMRC-PHE Center for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBMassey University · NZImperial College London · GBLeverhulme Trust · GBMonash University · AUUniversidad de Murcia · ESUniversidade Federal da Bahia · BRUniversidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia · PEUniversity of London · GB

Funding

NHLBI NIH HHS HHSN268200900033CWellcome Trust 097834Wellcome Trust 097834/Z/11/B
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The five-target '25 × 25' strategy for tackling the emerging global epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) focuses on four diseases (CVD, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory disease), four risk factors (tobacco, diet and physical activity, dietary salt, and alcohol), and one cardiovascular preventive drug treatment. The goal is to decrease mortality from NCDs by 25 per cent by the year 2025. The 'standard approach' to the '25 × 25' strategy has the benefit of simplicity, but also has major weaknesses. These include lack of recognition of: (i) the fundamental drivers of the NCD epidemic; (ii) the 'missing NCDs', which are major causes of morbidity; (iii) the 'missing causes' and the 'causes of the causes'; and (iv) the role of health care and the need for integration of interventions.

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Global HealthChronic DiseaseDelivery of Health CareDeveloping CountriesHealth PolicyHealthy People ProgramsHumans

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PMID26377446
PMCPMC7612864
OpenAlexW2117233316

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