NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title Non-communicable Disease Risk Factors Survey, 2007/08 Provider World Health Organization (WHO)Tabulations only Geography Nepal (NPL) Coverage type Country Time period covered 01/2007 - 12/2007 Series or system STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey Data type Survey: HouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary The STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey uses a survey methodology developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to help countries establish noncommunicable disease surveillance systems. The methodology prescribes three steps—questionnaire, physical measurements, and biochemical measurements. Core topics covered by most surveys are demographics, health status, and health behaviors. These provide data on socioeconomic risk factors and metabolic, nutritional, and lifestyle risk factors. Details may differ from country to country and from year to year. This national survey in Nepal collected information on tobacco and alcohol use, diet, physical activity, physical measurements, and blood pressure. Keywords Alcohol use, Hypertension, Tobacco smoking, Physical activity, Body mass index, Blood pressure, Smokeless tobacco use, Secondhand smoke Citation Contributors World Health Organization (WHO) Ministry of Health and Population (Nepal) Society for Local Integrated Development Nepal Funders World Health Organization (WHO) Suggested citation Ministry of Health and Population (Nepal), Society for Local Integrated Development Nepal, World Health Organization (WHO). Nepal STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey 2007. GHDx Entry last modified on: Dec 14, 2023