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Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
Office of the Director
1825 Century Center Blvd., NE
Atlanta, GA 30345
404–498–6700
 

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SPOTLIGHT ON

  • Latest CDC Data Show More Americans Report Being Obese
    The proportion of U.S. adults who self report they are obese increased nearly 2 percent between 2005 and 2007, according to a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
     
  • Preventing Chronic Disease Journal
    The July issue of Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is now live. Don't miss the articles about gestational diabetes in Los Angeles County, adult tobacco use among racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., and the Community Health Status Indicators Project.
     
  • Dr. Kathleen E. Toomey, Director of CCHP
    Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D., M.P.H., is the director of the Coordinating Center for Health Promotion (CCHP).

The Coordinating Center for Health Promotion (CCHP) was created as a result of the changes in the landscape of public health. Today, many of the leading causes of death and disability are preventable through lifestyle modifications and better understanding of family history. To meet the needs of these new challenges in the area of disabilities, chronic diseases, and birth defects, CDC has strategically created Coordinating Centers that allow the agency to be more responsive and effective when dealing with the public whose health we protect.

Coordinating Centers like the Coordinating Center for Health Promotion provide a dedicated focal point for innovations—new activities such as the creation and advancement of health promotion in a much more systematic way. Together, CCHP is advancing a national health promotion agenda that helps move CDC from a solely disease-specific approach to the broadest concepts of health promotion and wellness.

Date last reviewed: June 24, 2008
Date last modified: July 18, 2008
Content source: Coordinating Center for Health Promotion (CCHP)

Conferences & Events
20th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control: Cultivating Healthy Communities, February 23-25, 2009, Washington, D.C.
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 Key Resources
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
 
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
 
National Office of
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bullet Birth Defects Prevention
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