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Rostamigooran N, Mafimoradi S, Javadinasab H, Vosoogh-Moghaddam A, Malekafzali S, Amirhoseiny S et al . Using Health in All Policies Approach for the Management of Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors: A Developing Country Experience. Med J Islam Repub Iran 2022; 36 (1) :1351-1356
URL: http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-7896-en.html
Secretariat of Supreme Council of Health and Food Security, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran , n.rostami@behdasht.gov.ir
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Background: Controlling and preventing non-communicable diseases and their risk factors through multisector collaboration and participation of other stakeholders requires structures that provide the necessary basis for sustainable interaction between stakeholders with legal support. The purpose of this study is to express the experience of the Islamic Republic of Iran in advancing the goals of the National Plan on Control and Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) through Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach and multisector collaboration.
   Methods: In this qualitative study, all documents related to the control and prevention of non-communicable diseases in the Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Health and Food Security(SCHFS) in the period 2013-2020 were reviewed. Data were thematically analyzed with the qualitative content analysis method; coding has done manually.
   Results: Multisector work group, which is one of  work groups in the National  Committee for control and prevention of NCD, applies its effect through  SCHFS that proposed a four-level policy formulation and decision-making units for multisector collaboration based on political and administrative structure and HiAP approach at the national and provincial level. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and health secretariats are used as tools for a multisector approach in non-communicable disease management.
   Conclusion: To draw up an appropriate structure for multisector collaboration for health, it is necessary to have a whole government-policy approach, through which all relevant organizations are appointed to engage and work together in a coherent framework since a sustainable framework based on shared trust and understanding for multisector decision-making and health action is a prerequisite for achieving health goals in NCD management.
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Type of Study: Original Research | Subject: Health

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