Intersectoral collaboration in the management of non-communicable disease's risk factors in Iran: stakeholders and social network analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

As the major cause of premature death worldwide, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are complex and multidimensional, prevention and control of which need global, national, local, and multisectoral collaboration. Governmental stakeholder analysis and social network analysis (SNA) are among the recognized techniques to understand and improve collaboration. Through stakeholder analysis, social network analysis, and identifying the leverage points, we investigated the intersectoral collaboration (ISC) in preventing and controlling NCDs-related risk factors in Iran.

Methods

This is a mixed-methods study based on semi-structured interviews and reviewing of the legal documents and acts to identify and assess the interest, position, and power of collective decision-making

SUBMITTER: Bakhtiari A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9439719 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature