Publications

The Zambia STEPS 2017 is the first nationally representative survey to collect comprehensive information on risk factors for NCDs, mental and oral health in adults aged 18 to 69 years. The aim of the survey was to establish an NCD surveillance platform that collects baseline indicators on determinants of NCD and their risk factors for policy and planning purposes. The key objectives of the NCD STEPS survey were: a) To determine the prevalence and determinants for the four major behavioural risk factors for NCDs in Zambia: tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diets, and physical inactivity; b) To determine the prevalence and determinants for the four key biological risk factors for NCDs in Zambia: overweight and obesity, raised blood pressure, raised blood glucose and abnormal blood lipids; c) To determine the prevalence cervical cancer screening in reproductive age women in Zambia; d) To determine the prevalence and determinants of oral and mental health in Zambia; and e)  To investigate potential links between different risk factors and determinants of health (such as socio-economic status, demographic factors, gender and age).