NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title Oman STEPS 2017 Provider World Health Organization (WHO)Tabulations only Geography Oman (OMN) Coverage type Country Time period covered 01/2017 - 04/2017 Series or system STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalIndividualInterviewNationally 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. Some surveys are conducted at the country level and others at the subnational level. 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. Keywords Alcohol use, Analgesics, Anthropometry, Antihypertensive drugs, Blood glucose, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Cholesterol, Cholesterol tests, Diabetes, Dietary sodium, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, GPAQ, Glucose tests, Height, Hypertension, Ischemic heart disease, Obesity, Physical activity, Pulse, Screening, Secondhand smoke, Smokeless tobacco use, Tobacco smoking, Urine tests, Vegetables, Vision loss, Weight Citation Contributors World Health Organization (WHO) Ministry of Health (Oman) Suggested citation Ministry of Health (Oman), World Health Organization (WHO). Oman STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey 2017. GHDx Entry last modified on: Jul 12, 2024