CDC Programs for Businesses

CDC is actively involved in many partnerships with a variety of business organizations and coalitions to protect and promote the public's health. Many of these partnerships provide resources and tools that are useful for business organizations and coalitions. Some recent partnerships are highlighted below.

Be Food Safe* and Fight BAC!*
National education campaigns developed by the Partnership for Food Safety Education—a unique public/private partnership of federal agencies, industry associations and consumer organizations. The purpose of the Partnership and the campaigns are to reduce the incidence of foodborne illnesses by educating American consumers about safe food handling practices.

Choose Respect*
An initiative that seeks to help adolescents form healthy relationships to prevent dating abuse before it starts. This national effort is designed to motivate adolescents to challenge harmful beliefs about dating abuse and take steps to form respectful relationships.

The CLEAN Award*
Joint initiative between CDC, The Soap and Detergent Association and the National Education Association Health Information Network. This program recognizes the contributions that custodians make to public health in their schools, communities and their profession. The award is presented to a school custodian who demonstrates outstanding leadership in school cleanliness, and reflects the contributions that education support professionals make to public health.

Diabetes at Work*
Web site developed by the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) Business Healthy Strategy Workgroup as a free, easy-to-use tool that helps businesses identify the potential impact of diabetes in their workplace and provides them with resources for creating education programs. NDEP is a joint initiative of CDC's Division of Diabetes Translation's Program Development Branch, NCCDPHP, and the National Institutes of Health.

Get SMART: Know When Antibiotics Work
Campaign created to reduce the rising rate of antibiotic resistance by promoting adherence to appropriate prescribing guidelines among providers, decreasing demand for antibiotics for viral upper-respiratory infections among healthy adults and parents of young children and increasing adherence to prescribed antibiotics for upper-respiratory infections.

Healthy Schools, Healthy People—It's a SNAP*
National recognition program developed by CDC and The Soap and Detergent Association that encourages students to create school-wide programs promoting the role of handwashing and staying healthy. A free starter kit is available online or can be requested here.  

Ounce of Prevention
Joint initiative between CDC and Reckitt-Benckiser. This educational program provides information on easy, low-cost steps to help stop many infectious diseases before they happen. The program focuses on handwashing, cleaning, food safety, immunizations, antibiotic use and animal contact.