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Content analysis of policy documents related to non-communicable diseases prevention and control in Sri Lanka: a developing country in the South-East Asia

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dc.contributor.author Talagala, I.
dc.contributor.author Abeysena, C.
dc.contributor.author Wickremasinghe, R.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-04-05T09:13:24Z
dc.date.available 2024-04-05T09:13:24Z
dc.date.issued 2024
dc.identifier.citation Public Health and Environmental Health.2024;13:171 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2046-1402
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/27869
dc.description Not Indexed en_US
dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND: Health policies form the foundation for provisioning best level care and are important for all stakeholders including patients and healthcare providers. Health policy analysis and evaluation allows policy makers to improve an existing policy, terminate a non-effective policy and to successfully implement future policies. The objective was to assess the coherence between the two local policy documents on NCD prevention and control in Sri Lanka, the national NCD policy (NCD policy) and the multisectoral action plan (MSAP), and to assess the consistency of MSAP with the global action plan for NCDs. METHODS: The content analysis of the NCD policy and MSAP of Sri Lanka was conducted based on the modified criteria developed to the ‘Analysis of determinants of policy impact’ model, by two reviewers independently. Coherence between MSAP and the global NCD action plan were also assessed by two reviewers independently. Consensus for discrepancy was achieved through discussion. RESULTS: Accessibility was the strongest criteria for the NCD policy, while, resources and obligations were the weakest. Goals and monitoring and evaluation criteria were the strongest in the MSAP. Requirement for improvement were identified in policy background, goals, monitoring and evaluation, and public opportunities for the NCD policy. Accessibility, policy background, resources, public opportunities and obligations require further improvement in the MSAP. The MSAP is well coherent with the global road map for NCD prevention and control. CONCLUSION: Policy documents related to NCD prevention and control in Sri Lanka are coherent with the global action plan, while, there are areas within the local policy documents that need to be improved to enhance the coherence between the local documents. Lessons learnt by this activity need to be utilized by Sri Lanka and other countries to improve the uniformity between the NCD policy documents within the country as well as internationally. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher F1000 Research en_US
dc.subject Non communicable diseases en_US
dc.subject policy en_US
dc.subject analysis en_US
dc.subject content en_US
dc.subject Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject developing country en_US
dc.subject Asia en_US
dc.subject documents en_US
dc.title Content analysis of policy documents related to non-communicable diseases prevention and control in Sri Lanka: a developing country in the South-East Asia en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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