Caribbean wellness day
Mobilizing a region for chronic noncommunicable disease prevention and control
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14967490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T Alafia Samuels (0000-0001-6047-189X, University of the West Indies, corresponding author), Henry S Fraser, Henry Fraser |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 472-479 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s1020-49892010001200009 |
| PMID | 21308174 |
| OpenAlex | W2165753253 |
| SciELO | S1020-49892010001200009 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
The member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have the highest prevalence of chronic noncommunicable diseases (CNCDs) in the Americas. The CARICOM heads of government issued the Port-of-Spain Declaration "Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases in the Caribbean," mandating intersectoral, population-based approaches and commemoration of the summit on the second Saturday in September as "Caribbean Wellness Day (CWD)." CWD, inaugurated in September 2008, is designed to strengthen public, private, and civil society partnerships and to promote multicountry, multisectoral activities in support of wellness. By 2009, the second year of the celebrations, 18 of the 20 CARICOM countries embraced and celebrated with multifaceted, multifocal activities, using this as a catalyst for sustained physical activities, healthy food choices, and health screening in a smoke-free environment. Organizational support and Caribbean branding of products came from the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization and CARICOM. Outcomes will be measured by input and process indicators and CNCD risk factor surveillance
Civil society · Declaration · Economic growth · Environmental health · Geography · Government (linguistics · Political science · Population · Summit · Community Health and Development · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Medicine · Public Health and Social Inequalities
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The 2007 Caribbean Community Port-of-Spain Declaration on noncommunicable diseases
Caribbean Wellness Day
Regional and global impacts of the 2007 Port-of-Spain Declaration on noncommunicable diseases
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2019 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |