Communication strategy to disseminate the results of the evaluation of the Port-of-Spain Declaration (POSDEVAL) across multiple audiences in the Caribbean

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública

Natalie S. Greaves¹  Joan Tull²  T. Alafia Samuels²  Trevor Hassell³ 

[1] Faculty of Medical Sciences, the University of the West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados.;George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre, Caribbean Institute for Health Research, the University of the West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados.;Healthy Caribbean Coalition, Bridgetown, Barbados.;

关键词: Health communication;    noncommunicable diseases;    health policy;    Caribbean region;   

DOI  :  10.26633/RPSP.2018.186

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Like many nations in the Americas, the countries of the Caribbean are facing increasing morbidity and mortality associated with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). In 2007, based on advocacy by Sir George Alleyne and others, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) convened the first in the world Heads of Government NCDs Summit. This summit issued the Port of Spain Declaration that served not only as a rallying point to accelerate the regional NCDs response, but also as a catalyst for the first United Nations high-level meeting on NCDs in September 2011. In 2014, seven years after the CARICOM NCDs Summit, a formal evaluation of the Port of Spain Declaration (POSDEVAL) was conducted to investigate its impact and learn lessons to support and further accelerate its implementation. One mechanism was to review successes and challenges in the NCDs response and effectively communicate findings to stakeholders and the public. The results of the evaluation and the implementation of the Port of Spain Declaration are presented by other papers in this supplement. The present paper describes the communication and social information process used for sharing POSDEVAL findings across multiple layers of social influence in the Caribbean, primarily in 2016 – 2017. The main steps of the communication process are shared as a possible strategy for disseminating NCDs research information and accelerating control and policy adoption in other Small Island Developing States and middle-income countries.

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