Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

• Abstract

  Alcohol consumption is a component cause of many non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including several types of cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and substance use disorders. According to World Health Organization, harmful use of alcohol is considered one of the four major risk factors responsible for the worldwide rise of NCDs. In this way, acting to prevent and reduce harmful al…

  Reducing alcohol use among adolescents through a community-based multicomponent intervention: an implementation research approach, AP.TEM

• Abstract

  The worsening situation of the grow thing trends of obesity is associated with negative changes in food environments, such as the increase in the availability of ultra-processed foods. As a result, there is an increase in non-communicable chronic diseases associated with unhealthy dietary patterns, particularly in children and adolescents. Recommendations to build health-promoting environ…

  Healthy food environments and obesity in childhood and adolescence: understanding and overcoming the challenges for implementing the most effective public policies, AP.TEM

• Abstract

  Alcohol is one of the main risk factors responsible for the increase in chronic non-communicable diseases worldwide. There are several alcohol use prevention programs that have been evaluated and demonstrated an effect on reducing the use and initiation of alcohol use among adolescents. Community-based multicomponent interventions promote more consistent and long-term effects. These compl…

  Municipal needs assessment and development of a community-based program to prevent alcohol use among adolescents, BP.PD

• Abstract

  The requested Direct Doctorate scholarship will be linked to the activities of Preparation phase/ Aim 2: To identify the opportunities and challenges at the systemic, organizational and individual level that might support or hinder the implementation and uptake of the retail food environment initiatives. Considering the need to build implementation plans for the food retailers based on th…

  Co-creation of food retail initiatives implementation plans in municipalities of São Paulo State, Brazil, BP.DD

• Abstract

  The requested IC1 scholarship will be linked to the activities of the Exploration phase/ Aim 1: To identify actions, stakeholders and institutions involved into the implementation of retail food environment initiatives of PROTEJA, across five municipalities in São Paulo State. Currently, the state of São Paulo has 30 municipalities that committed to implementing the PROTEJA, of these, 2 d…

  Characterization of the municipalities of the State of São Paulo that adhered the Proteja program, BP.IC

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