Author/Authors :
TABRIZI, Jafar Sadegh Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center - Faculty of Management and Medical Informatics - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , FARAHBAKHSH, Mostafa Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , SADEGHI-BAZARGANI, Homayoun Road and Traffic Injury Research Center - Dept. of Statistics and Epidemiology - Faculty of Health - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , NIKNIAZ, Leila Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract :
Background: The Lifestyle Promotion Project (LPP) is a long-term community-based project for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). In this project, the healthy lifestyle promotion plan will be implemented by the health policy agenda of East Azerbaijan Province, Iran.
Methods: The study design included two phases: phase I was a cross-sectional prevalence study of NCDs and the associated risk factors implemented from Feb 2014 to Apr 2014. Phase II is a prospective follow-up study currently ongoing. The healthy lifestyle promotion intervention consists of five core strategic plans. These pro-grams was implemented by the health policy agenda of East Azerbaijan Province. Overall, 3000 participants aged 15-65 yr were enrolled to evaluate the impact of healthy lifestyle interventions in phase II of project.
Results: The experience of the LPP in Iran may support the idea that a well-organized, fully evidence-based, and well-developed community-based program could be affordable to prevent non-communicable disorders in de-veloping countries.
Conclusion: The results of this survey will be presented as research articles and reports for policy makers.
Keywords :
Non-communicable diseases , Iranian population , Lifestyle , Intervention
