What is it about?
This article shares what Brunei’s 2016 national health survey found about our daily habits and chronic disease risks. It highlights smoking, diet, physical activity, obesity, diabetes and hypertension, and why these findings matter for our future health.
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Why is it important?
This study provides Brunei’s first robust, weighted national health estimates, offering a timely baseline to track NCD trends. Its insights support stronger, targeted prevention policies and help ensure resources are directed where they matter most
Perspectives
Planning and delivering this survey demanded careful coordination, from training and logistics to navigating data-collection challenges and working within an implementing agency’s contractual limits. Despite the hurdles, the effort was worth it-these data now guide priority-setting for stronger preventive programmes.
Lubna Razak
Brunei Ministry of Health
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This page is a summary of: Cross-sectional STEPwise Approach to Surveillance (STEPS) Population Survey of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and Risk Factors in Brunei Darussalam 2016, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, October 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1010539517738072.
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