The Development of Public Policies to Address Non-communicable Diseases in the Caribbean Country of Barbados: The Importance of Problem Framing and Policy Entrepreneurs
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...
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Main Authors: | Nigel Unwin (Author), T. Alafia Samuels (Author), Trevor Hassell (Author), Ross C. Brownson (Author), Cornelia Guell (Author) |
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Kerman University of Medical Sciences,
2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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