@article{ref1,
title="Building leadership capacity to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases: evaluation of an international short-term training program for program managers from low- and middle-income countries",
journal="International journal of public health",
year="2016",
author="Erzse, Agnes and Bovet, Pascal and Paccaud, Fred and Chestnov, Oleg and Banatvala, Nicholas",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To assess the impact of a 1-week training seminar jointly developed and conducted by the World Health Organization and the University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine of Lausanne targeting senior policy-makers in low- and middle-income countries on public health aspects of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). <br><br>METHODS: A short qualitative questionnaire was emailed to all participants to one of the nine seminars organized between 2010 and 2015. <br><br>RESULTS: From the 195 participants from 96 different countries, 122 (63%) completed the questionnaire. Among them, 87% reported that the seminar made a positive contribution to their professional development and 48% said it helped strengthening their national NCD program. All respondents remained directly or indirectly involved in NCD work. A frequent suggestion was that similar seminars are developed in their region or country. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The evaluation strongly suggests that this short-term seminar had positive impact on both participants' personal development and the organization they worked for. There is a demand for organizing similar seminars at regional/country levels to support NCD prevention and control programs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-8556",
doi="10.1007/s00038-016-0913-x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0913-x"
}