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OverviewCDC’s Arthritis Program, guided by recommendations in
National
Arthritis Action Plan: A Public Health Strategy (NAAP)* ( In spring 2007, CDC convened national experts to advise on future program directions. The panel made several important consensus recommendations, leading to major changes in the program. An important highlight of these recommendations was to strengthen state programs by providing states with sufficient funds to extend effective, evidence-based interventions to reach more to people with arthritis within funded states. CDC has followed up on this and other key recommendations. As a result of increased investment in funded states, CDC has funded 12 states during the period of 2008-2011 with average funding of approximately $500,000. State arthritis programs have previously focused on building capacity to disseminate and deliver evidence-based interventions. This new funding opportunity builds on lessons learned from these activities, with a new emphasis on embedding arthritis interventions in existing systems to exponentially expand access to and use of these interventions. States use CDC funding to strengthen partnerships with state Arthritis Foundation chapters and others, increase public awareness, improve their ability to monitor the burden of arthritis, coordinate activities, and increase the availability of interventions. The central aim is to improve the quality of life among persons affected by arthritis. States increase awareness that something can be done for arthritis and promote self-management education and physical activity. The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD)
recently awarded Arthritis Integrated Dissemination Project Grant
funding to nine state health departments. The states that will receive
this grant funding are Alaska, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, and New York.
Read more* ( The states highlighted in the list below receive arthritis funding from CDC. Clicking on the funded state will take you to the contact information. For further information about CDC funded state arthritis programs go to program descriptions.
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