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DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION cdnotes Conferences Second National CDC Prevention Conference on Heart Disease and Stroke The Second National CDC Prevention Conference on Heart Disease and Stroke, with the theme “Charting the Course,” will take place August 17–19, 2004, at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference will provide opportunities for information sharing, networking, and skill-building for state health department staff members, cardiovascular health partner organizations, students of public health, public health practitioners, and representatives from voluntary health organizations. Attendees will expand their knowledge of the current and emerging developments in heart disease and stroke prevention and learn about policy and environmental strategies for promoting cardiovascular health. For the latest information on the conference, visit http://www.cdc.gov/cvh.
The theme of this year’s Annual CityMatCH Urban Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Leadership Conference is “Expedition 2004: Exploring the Boundaries of Urban MCH.” The conference will take place September 11–14, 2004, in Portland, Oregon. Conference goals are to survey what information is needed to strengthen communities and better meet the needs of urban women and children, discover how to translate this knowledge into action, and prepare to influence others to advocate for the health of women, children, and families. For more information, visit http://www.citymatch.org/Expedition2004.htm * or contact Ms. Jennifer Skala at 402/561-7500 or jskala@unmc.edu.
The National Public Health Initiative on Diabetes and Women’s Health is sponsoring a Partners’ Update Conference September 20–21, 2004, at the Westin Savannah Harbor Resort Hotel in Savannah, Georgia. Partners of the initiative will update attendees on the progress of their diabetes programs and research and demonstrate how these projects are aligned with the implementation strategies of the National Agenda for Public Health Action, which is designed to guide the nation in addressing diabetes and women’s health issues. For more information about the initiative, visit http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/projects/women.htm. For more information about the conference, please contact Ms. Michelle Owens at 770/488-5014 or mowens1@cdc.gov.
CDC is a cosponsor for the Second International Conference on Women, Heart Disease and Stroke, which will take place February 16–19, 2005, at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort in Orlando, Florida. The goal of the conference is to extend knowledge and foster action globally in preventing, identifying, and treating heart disease in women. For more information, visit http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml? identifier=3022283.*
The 19th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, sponsored by CDC, the Chronic Disease Directors, and the Prevention Research Centers Program, will take place March 1–3, 2005, at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, Georgia. The theme is “Health Disparities: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities.” This conference is an ideal opportunity to network with other public health professionals at the national, state, and local levels and learn the latest strategies in preventing chronic disease and promoting health. More information is available at http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/conference/index.htm. Communications A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson introduced A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke at the “Steps to a HealthierUS: Putting Prevention First” conference held in Baltimore in April 2003. The Action Plan provides health practitioners and policy makers with a blueprint for addressing both treatment and prevention of heart disease and stroke, the nation’s first and third leading causes of death and disability. The Action Plan describes the need for urgent action to prevent heart disease and stroke and also provides a framework for developing a health care system that supports both prevention and treatment. Representatives from several organizations, including American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, and private-sector partners, will work with CDC to provide national leadership to implement the plan and reverse the epidemic of heart disease and stroke. For more information or free copies of the Action Plan, call 888/232-2306 (toll-free inside the United States), e-mail ccdinfo@cdc.gov, or visit the Web site: http://www.cdc.gov/cvh.
CDC’s 2004 publication, State Programs in Action: Exemplary Work to Prevent Chronic Disease and Promote Health, includes examples of state-based programs that encourage healthy behaviors and reduce chronic disease risk factors. This publication highlights more than 60 programs throughout the United States that are reaching people in various states and communities with interventions to prevent and control cancer, diabetes, and heart disease and stroke. Some examples address health promotion topics such as improving nutrition and increasing physical activity, while others describe programs that target reducing risk factors such as tobacco use. State Programs in Action is a guide for improving public health with project descriptions that range from reducing health disparities to promoting oral health and safe motherhood. To view online or download, visit http://www.cdc.gov/ncccdphp/exemplary/download.htm. To order, please contact CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Mail Stop K–40, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, call 770/488-5706, or e-mail ccdinfo@cdc.gov.
CDC recently posted the new “burden book” entitled The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors: National and State Perspectives 2004. This online publication includes updated information on the burden of chronic diseases and their risk factors in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The burden book provides a national perspective on chronic diseases as major causes of death; state-specific data on rates of death due to heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes; information on the prevalence of risk factors for chronic diseases; information on CDC funding to states for chronic disease programs; and much more. This resource is an excellent tool for policy makers, public health professionals, and others interested in addressing the burden of chronic disease in the United States. To view or download this document, visit http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/burdenbook2004.
Take Charge of Your Diabetes (Take Charge), 3rd edition, 2003, is now available through CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Diabetes Translation. Take Charge is an easy-to-read book with basic information and positive steps to help people with diabetes control their blood glucose and prevent diabetes complications. Readers are encouraged to work with their health care team to achieve and maintain glucose control and to get the necessary tests to monitor their diabetes and detect problems early. Readers are prompted to seek support from their family, friends, and community; to make healthy choices on a daily basis; and to give support to others in their community. This book is in the public domain. Anyone may reproduce any or all of the contents. It is available on the Internet at http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/tcyd/index.htm, or you can call toll-free 877/CDC-DIAB (232-3422) for more information or a copy of this book and others. Take Charge is also available in Spanish. Both versions (Spanish and English) are available to eligible persons in Braille and a recorded format at the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) at http://www.loc.gov/nls.
On March 25, 2003, Secretary Tommy Thompson introduced a national plan to address the growing epidemic of diabetes in women. The National Agenda for Public Health Action: The National Public Health Initiative on Diabetes and Women’s Health is designed to mobilize the nation to address diabetes among women as a growing health concern. At this press conference, Secretary Thompson made the announcement among representatives from national organizations who are working to implement the initiative, including the cosponsoring organizations: CDC, American Diabetes Association, and Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. For more information, visit http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/projects/women.htm.
Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal established to provide a forum for public health researchers and practitioners to share study results and practical experience. The mission of the journal is to address the interface between applied prevention research and public health practice in chronic disease. PCD focuses on preventing chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and stroke—the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. For more information, visit http://www.cdc.gov/pcd.
The American Lung Association, in cooperation with CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health, launched the Asthma-Friendly Schools Initiative (AFSI) in October 2003. The goal of AFSI is to help local communities, asthma coalitions, and lung associations assist schools in developing comprehensive asthma management plans and programs. The American Lung Association, in collaboration with national partners, also developed an Asthma-Friendly Schools Toolkit and Asthma Incident Reporter (AIR) database. The Asthma-Friendly Schools Toolkit is a guide to designing a customized comprehensive asthma management program. The AIR database is a case management database designed for school nurses to track students with asthma and can produce both individual reports and summary reports. All AFSI materials are free and may be modified for local implementation. All materials are available and can be downloaded from the American Lung Association Web site at http://www.lungusa.org.* For more information, you may call the American Lung Association at 800/Lung-USA. The STARBRIGHT Foundation, in cooperation with CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health, developed the “Implementation Guide for School Use” as a companion document for STARBRIGHT’s “Quest for the Code,” an educational CD-ROM game for children and teenagers with asthma. This powerful tool instructs children to identify asthma triggers such as environmental tobacco smoke, addresses asthma management skills, and includes a three-dimensional tour of the lungs. The CD-ROM comes with a parent guide containing asthma-related information and links to online resources. The parent guide and CD-ROM are in both English and Spanish. In addition, CDC funds are used to distribute the CD-ROM and Implementation Guide as a package. The Starbright Foundation develops products (including CD-ROMs on cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, and diabetes) that empower seriously ill children to deal with health and emotional challenges and medical procedures. The “Quest for the Code” CD-ROM is free to parents and others (such as community or school health workers or administrators) who work with children with asthma. For more information, visit http://www.starbright.org * or call 800/315-2580.
CDC has published the new Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings, 2003. This report, a major update of the 1993 CDC guidelines, consolidates recommendations for preventing and controlling infectious diseases and managing occupational health and safety issues related to infection control in dental settings. The guidelines are designed to assist dental health care personnel in preventing occupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens, controlling infections associated with contaminated medical devices or surgical instruments, and preventing occupationally acquired infections. The publication includes a review of the scientific evidence regarding dental infection control issues and consensus evidence-based recommendations. It is available at http://www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/infectioncontrol/index.htm. Information Sources 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Data CDC is pleased to announce the release of the 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Surveillance Summary and the 2003 national YRBS data. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors six categories of priority health risk behaviors: behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence, tobacco use, alcohol and other drug use, sexual behaviors, unhealthy dietary behaviors, and physical inactivity. The Surveillance Summary includes results from the 2003 national YRBS and from 32 state and 18 local YRBS. The Surveillance Summary, the national YRBS data files, data documentation, and Youth 2003 Online (a Web-based data query system) are located at http://www.cdc.gov/yrbss.
CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion is pleased to announce the release of the 2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a unique, state-based surveillance system active in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. Information on health risk behaviors, clinical preventive health practices, and health care access is obtained from a representative sample of noninstitutionalized adults aged 18 or older in each state. The BRFSS provides flexible, timely, and ongoing data collection that allows for state-to-state and state-to-nation comparisons. State-specific data, including racial- and ethnic-specific data from the BRFSS, provide a sound basis for developing and evaluating public health programs, including programs targeted to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health risks. The BRFSS is the largest telephone-based surveillance system in the world: 247,977 interviews were conducted in 2002. The 2002 BRFSS data are located at http://www.cdc.gov/brfss. If you have questions, please contact Dr. Lina Balluz, Behavioral Surveillance Branch, at 770/488-2466.
CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion is pleased to announce the release of the 2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Selected Metropolitan/Micropolitan Area Risk Trends (SMART) data. As the use of BRFSS data has increased, there has been a greater demand for local-level data. Although the BRFSS was designed to produce state-level estimates, growth in the sample size has allowed researchers to produce smaller-area prevalence estimates. This new analysis of 2002 BRFSS data has yielded estimates for 98 metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas. Estimates were also calculated for those counties within these 98 metropolitan and micropolitan areas in which there was a large enough sample size. For the first time, health officials will have access to local-level data that are comparable across the nation. This new use of BRFSS data fills a critical public health need for local area surveillance data to support targeted program implementation and evaluation, and can help local health officials plan and direct their prevention efforts. The 2002 BRFSS SMART data will be available in late November. Please visit http://www.cdc.gov/brfss for more information. * Links to non-Federal organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. Links do not constitute an endorsement of any organization by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at this link. |
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