Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases in Iranian Population: Life Style Promotion Project Phase Ii: Study Protocol

Background: the lifestyle promotion project (lpp) is a long-term community-based project for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (ncds). in this project, the healthy lifestyle promotion plan will be implemented by the health policy agenda of east azerbaijan province, iran. methods: the study design included two phases: phase i was a cross-sectional prevalence study of ncds and the associated risk factors implemented from feb 2014 to apr 2014. phase ii is a prospective follow-up study currently ongoing. the healthy lifestyle promotion intervention consists of five core strategic plans. these pro-grams was implemented by the health policy agenda of east azerbaijan province. overall, 3000 participants aged 15-65 yr were enrolled to evaluate the impact of healthy lifestyle interventions in phase ii of project. results: the experience of the lpp in iran may support the idea that a well-organized, fully evidence-based, and well-developed community-based program could be affordable to prevent non-communicable disorders in de-veloping countries. conclusion: the results of this survey will be presented as research articles and reports for policy makers