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Population-based surveys and monitoring of noncommunicable diseases

2017; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 51; Issue: suppl 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s1518-8787.201705100supl1ap

ISSN

1518-8787

Autores

Déborah Carvalho Malta, Célia Landmann Szwarcwald,

Tópico(s)

Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare

Resumo

National population surveys are essential to learn the health profile, the distribution of risk factors and their tendencies, as well as health inequalities.The information collected periodically allow the monitoring of actions and programs and of health in different population subgroups and subsidize the planning and management of collective health interventions [1][2][3] .Recently, Brazil has stood out by the improvement and advances in the health information systems, as well as in the organization of epidemiological surveys 1-3 .

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