Longjian Liu, MD, PhD, MSc, an associate professor of epidemiology and preventative medicine at the School of Public Health, was cited by the World Health Organization (WHO) for his contribution to the latest edition of the international organization’s STEPwise approach to chronic disease risk factor Surveillance (STEPS). Now including a CD-ROM, the STEPS program is designed to allow low and middle income countries to follow a standardized method of studying chronic diseases.
According to the WHO, the program focuses on creating a systematic method of obtaining core data on established risk factors that may cause chronic diseases. By using the same questions and protocols, all countries that use STEPS can not only monitor trends within their countries, but accurate cross-country comparisons can also be made. While STEPS is a standardized approach, it is also flexible enough to allow each country to meet its own local or regional interests.
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