Nauru STEPS 2004, Non Communicable Disease Risk Factor

The Nauru-STEPS was a nation-wide representative survey of 15 to 64 year olds with the following objectives:
1. To document the national prevalence and patterns of tobacco use, alcohol consumption, dietary behaviours, physical activity, body mass index, elevated blood pressure, and biochemical markers such as blood glucose and blood lipids in Nauru.
2. To provide reliable and up-to-date information on NCD risk factors for planning and evaluating public health initiatives, and for identifying future demands for health services in managing and treating NCDs.

The planning and implementation of the survey was a collaborative initiative between the Nauru Ministry of Health (MOH), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centre for Physical Activity and Health at the Universities of New South Wales and Sydney in Australia. The study was supported by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID).

- v0.1: Basic raw data, obtained from data entry (before editing).

The Nauru-STEPS survey was a representative, population-wide cross-sectional survey and involved collectingdata on levels of NCD risk factors among 15-64 year olds. Data collection moved along a sequential three-step process as follows:

STEP 1: Interview-based questionnaire on selected major health risk behaviours including smoking, alcohol consumption, fruit and vegetable consumption, and physical activity. Additional issues deemed to be of importance in Nauru included history of high blood pressure, diabetes, self-rated general well-being, perceived susceptibility to diabetes and psychosocial and environmental factors related to health behaviours.

STEP 2: Physiological measures of health risks such as blood pressure, body mass and waist girth circumference.

STEP 3: Biochemical measures of health risks including fasting blood glucose and blood lipids. Assessment of albuminuria level was also undertaken in Nauru.

All aspects of the survey were managed by the Nauru MOH staff.

* Collection start: 2004
* Collection end: 2004