The Development of Public Policies to Address Non-communicable Diseases in the Caribbean Country of Barbados: The Importance of Problem Framing and Policy Entrepreneurs

• Main Authors: Nigel Unwin (Author), T. Alafia Samuels (Author), Trevor Hassell (Author), Ross C. Brownson (Author), Cornelia Guell (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Government policy measures have a key role to play in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). The Caribbean, a middle-income region, has the highest per capita burden of NCDs in the Americas. Our aim was to examine policy development and implementation between the y...