Strategies for Prevention and Management of Non-Communicable Diseases among Community Women in Nigeria: Insights for Family Social Welfare

In this study, modifiable risk factors, prevention and management plans for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among women were examined. This study examined published and grey literature that was gathered from a number of sources, such as open data portals on the five major illness categories that make up the NCDs such as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), diabetes, malignancies, chronic respiratory diseases, and mental health. Literature shows that the primary behavioural risk factors for NCDs, including CVDs, diabetes, and cancer(malignancies), can be largely avoided. Inactivity, tobacco use, alcohol use, and unhealthy eating habits (often high in processed sugar, fats, and salt) are a few of these. These factors in turn raise the risk of developing metabolic risk factors like hypertension, a high body mass index (BMI), high fasting glucose levels, and elevated cholesterol. Urbanization, a longer life span, and poverty are other factors linked to the rise in NCDs. These led to the conclusion that in order to ensure family social welfare, as women are recognized as contributors to the welfare of their families, strategies should be put in place by government and non-governmental organisations through execution of a mass media campaign on healthy diets, including socially acceptable marketing to lower the consumption of total fat, saturated fats, sugars, and salt and to increase the consumption of fruit and vegetables.