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Book Chapter: Priorities for Health Education in Hong Kong in Relation to Non-Communicable Diseases
| Title | Priorities for Health Education in Hong Kong in Relation to Non-Communicable Diseases |
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| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2012 |
| Publisher | Sense Publishers |
| Citation | Priorities for Health Education in Hong Kong in Relation to Non-Communicable Diseases. In Taylor, N ... (et al) (Eds.), Health Education In Context: An International Perspective On Health Education In Schools And Local Communities, p. 211-221. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2012 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are increasing rapidly worldwide and therefore have considerable implications for health education. Like other advanced countries, Hong Kong, which is a special administrative region of Mainland China, has experienced an epidemiological transition wherein chronic NCDs have overtaken communicable diseases as the major cause of mortality and morbidity. Registered deaths due to infectious and parasitic diseases decreased from 10.1% in 1964 to 2.8% in 2004, while the mortality rate due to neoplasms and diseases of the circulatory system increased twofold, from 30.9% to 59.5% in the same period of time (Department of Health, 2008a). |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/234315 |
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| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Wong, EMY | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Cheng, MMH | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-14T07:00:31Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2016-10-14T07:00:31Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | Priorities for Health Education in Hong Kong in Relation to Non-Communicable Diseases. In Taylor, N ... (et al) (Eds.), Health Education In Context: An International Perspective On Health Education In Schools And Local Communities, p. 211-221. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2012 | - |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9789460918759 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/234315 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are increasing rapidly worldwide and therefore have considerable implications for health education. Like other advanced countries, Hong Kong, which is a special administrative region of Mainland China, has experienced an epidemiological transition wherein chronic NCDs have overtaken communicable diseases as the major cause of mortality and morbidity. Registered deaths due to infectious and parasitic diseases decreased from 10.1% in 1964 to 2.8% in 2004, while the mortality rate due to neoplasms and diseases of the circulatory system increased twofold, from 30.9% to 59.5% in the same period of time (Department of Health, 2008a). | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | Sense Publishers | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Health Education In Context: An International Perspective On Health Education In Schools And Local Communities | - |
| dc.title | Priorities for Health Education in Hong Kong in Relation to Non-Communicable Diseases | - |
| dc.type | Book_Chapter | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Wong, EMY: emmy@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/978-94-6091-876-6_23 | - |
| dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84933047121 | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 263312 | - |
| dc.identifier.spage | 211 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 221 | - |
| dc.publisher.place | Rotterdam | - |