The document outlines a strategy for developing a population-based prevention program for a chronic disease, starting with screening initiatives. It emphasizes the role of screening in enhancing prevention efforts. Additionally, it calls for identifying a specific chronic disease, determining key implementation methods, and defining the target population for screening initiatives.

1. Control measures for noncommunicable disease may start with
basic screening initiatives and end with the development and
implementation of preventive population-based measures and
activities.
As a newly trained Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer,
you are asked to develop a population-based prevention program
for a chronic disease.
Identify a chronic disease that can be detected through
screening. Describe how screening influences and enhances
prevention. Discuss how and where you would implement a
screening initiative and who would be the core or target
population.