State and Program Examples

CDC promotes state-based programs that encourage healthy behaviors and reduce chronic disease risk factors. These programs should be directed to populations at greatest need and build on a foundation of scientific evidence. Through its state and local health partners, CDC helps achieve healthier communities through effective policies and programs such as those highlighted below.

Examples By Chronic Disease or Risk Factor

• Adolescent and School Health (143K–PDF)
• Aging (83K–PDF)
• Alcohol (90K–PDF)
• Arthritis (86K–PDF)
• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (109K–PDF)
• Block Grant (118K–PDF)
• Cancer (90K–PDF)
• Diabetes (118K–PDF)
• Epilepsy (75K–PDF)
• Genomics (88K–PDF)
• Heart Disease and Stroke (93K–PDF)
• Mental Health (71K–PDF)
• Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity (100K–PDF)
• Oral Health (78K–PDF)
• Prevention Research Centers (PRC) (89K–PDF)
• Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) (88K–PDF)
• Safe Motherhood (142K–PDF)
• Steps Program (120K–PDF)
• Tobacco (128K–PDF)
• Wisewoman (81K–PDF)

Examples By State

Alabama

• Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) (82K–PDF)

Alaska

• Safe Motherhood (89K–PDF)

Arkansas

• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (73K–PDF)

California

• Wisewoman (76K–PDF)

Colorado

• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (71K–PDF)
• Oral Health (71K–PDF)
• Tobacco (91K–PDF)

Connecticut

• Block Grant (90K–PDF)

Delaware

• Safe Motherhood (103K–PDF)

Florida

• Prevention Research Centers (PRC) (71K–PDF)

Georgia

• Aging (72K–PDF)

Illinois

• Oral Health (72K–PDF)

Indiana

• Adolescent and School Health (104K–PDF)
• Block Grant (91K–PDF)

Kentucky

• Diabetes (133K–PDF)

Maine

• Heart Disease and Stroke (70K–PDF)

Massachusetts

• Heart Disease and Stroke (75K–PDF)
• Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) (75K–PDF)

Michigan

• Adolescent and School Health (100K–PDF)
• Genomics (75K–PDF)

Minnesota

• Arthritis (75K–PDF)
• Genomics (71K–PDF)

Missouri

• Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity (74K–PDF)

Montana

• Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity (76K–PDF)

New Jersey

• Tobacco (72K–PDF)

New Mexico

• Alcohol (86K–PDF)
• Block Grant (86K–PDF)
• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (72K–PDF)
• Diabetes (88K–PDF)

New York

• Adolescent and School Health (92K–PDF)
• Heart Disease and Stroke (72K–PDF)
• STEPS Program (79K–PDF)
• Tobacco (92K–PDF)

North Carolina

• Aging (76K–PDF)

Ohio

• STEPS Program (71K–PDF)

Oklahoma

• Cancer (75K–PDF)
• Tobacco (86K–PDF)

Oregon

• Heart Disease and Stroke (70K–PDF)

Rhode Island

• Adolescent and School Health (87K–PDF)
• Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity (74K–PDF)

South Carolina

• Adolescent and School Health (92K–PDF)
• Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) (73K–PDF)
• Safe Motherhood (87K–PDF)
• Tobacco (77K–PDF)

Tennessee

• Adolescent and School Health (89K–PDF)

Texas

• STEPS Program (77K–PDF)

Utah

• Cancer (71K–PDF)
• Diabetes (90K–PDF)
• Safe Motherhood (86K–PDF)

Vermont

• Wisewoman (73K–PDF)

Washington D.C.

• Block Grant (72K–PDF)

Washington

• Mental Health (71K–PDF)
• Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity (72K–PDF)
• Prevention Research Centers (PRC) (72K–PDF)
• STEPS Program (85K–PDF)

West Virginia

• Prevention Research Centers (PRC) (85K–PDF)

Wisconsin

• Arthritis (79K–PDF)

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