Table 3 Participants’ views about the characteristics of NCDs
Dimension | Themes | Subthemes |
|---|---|---|
Characteristics of the issue | Severity | • High burden of NCDs and premature mortality • Extensive risk factors associated with unhealthy behaviors and lifestyles • Long duration of NCDs • The need for a whole-of-government approach to address all risk factors • NCDs as a global problem • Social and economic impact in the form of productivity loss, absenteeism, lost GDP, etc. • NCDs management, which requires the inclusion of NCDs in benefit packages and service delivery with a particular focus on NCDs |
Affected groups | • People with NCDs • People living with NCDs patients • Peare driven to poverty as a result of NCDs • Harmful commodity industries | |
Tractability | • Variety of NCDs and NCDs responses • Attempts to attribute NCDs only to individual behaviors • People’s tendency to not react to or take NCDs seriously • Balancing health promotion, prevention, and treatment and emphasizing early detection |