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Division of Adult and Community Health(DACH)
4770 Buford Hwy, NE
MS K-40
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717

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Welcome to the CDC's Adult and Community Health Web Site

The Division of Adult and Community Health (DACH) is charged with managing programs that provide cross-cutting chronic disease and health promotion expertise and support to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), states, communities, and other partners. DACH also manages several important and high-profile chronic disease prevention and control programs for specific chronic diseases, and is charged with assessing new and emerging chronic disease issues and launching new programs for NCCDPHP.

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This workbook is for community-based organizations seeking to affect the social determinants of health through community-based participatory approaches and nontraditional partnerships.

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Looking for CDC's best resources to help you plan, implement and evaluate community health initiatives? Search the Community Health Resources for links to hundreds of useful tools, handbooks, fact sheets and other information.
 

Cover of the State of Aging and Health in America report The State of Aging and Health in America 2007 Report
The State of Aging and Health in America 2007 report presents the most current national data available on 15 key health indicators for older adults related to health status, health behaviors, preventive care and screening, and injuries.

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Use these interactive maps to view and compare health risks at the national, state, and local levels. 2007 SMART and BRFSS data are now available.

Page last reviewed: June 24, 2008
Page last modified: October 1, 2008
Content source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

DACH
Programs/Initiatives

bullet Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study
bullet Alcohol and Public Health
bullet Arthritis
bullet Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
bullet Chronic Disease Indicators (CDI)
bullet Community Health and Program Services (CHAPS)
bullet Epilepsy
bullet Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL)
bullet Healthy Aging
bullet Healthy Brain Initiative/Alzheimer's
bullet Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
bullet Interstitial Cystitis (IC)
bullet Mental Health
bullet Prevention Research Centers (PRC)
bullet Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant
bullet Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH)
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Sleep and Sleep Disorders

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Steps Program

bullet Syndemics Prevention Network
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