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Chronic Disease Notes & Reports
Chronic Disease Notes &
Reports, the newsletter of the National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, reports on activities of interest to health
professionals involved with the myriad aspects of disease prevention and
health promotion.
Current Issue
February 2009: Vol. 19, No. 1 (Supplement)
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Special Topic: NCCDPHP 20th Anniversary
- Center’s Current & Former Leaders Look Back, Ahead
- Key Figures Recall Milestones
- Understanding Health Behavior
- NCCDPHP’s School Health Beginnings
- Tackling Cancer’s Burden
- Growing Diabetes Crisis Requires Community Answer
- A Coordinated Approach to Cardiovascular Health
- Confronting the Obesity Epidemic
- Making Strides in the Nation’s Oral Health
- Early Advances in Reproductive Health
- Closing the Genomics Gap
- Tackling Tobacco
- Voices of States
- A Friend in Washington
- The Global Face of Chronic Diseases
Previous Issues
June 2007: Vol. 18, No. 2
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Special Topic: Healthy Aging
- Commentary: Aging in Good Health
- SENIOR Grants Address Healthy Aging through Collaboration
- An Emerging Public Health Priority: Promoting Cognitive Health
- Improving Oral Health among Older Americans
- cdnotes
December 2005: Vol. 18, No. 1
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Special Topic: Tobacco Control
- Commentary: Eliminating Tobacco-Related Death and Disease
- The Burden of Smoking
- Sustaining State Programs
- Eliminating Health Disparities Related to Tobacco Use
- Evidence-Based Interventions Offer Proven Strategies
- Tobacco Update
- cdnotes
Winter 2005: Volume 17, Number 2
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Special Topic: Obesity
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The Director's Perspective
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Commentary
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The Burden of Obesity in the United States: A Problem of Massive
Proportions
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Target Obesity and Bring Down the Big Three: Cancer, Cardiovascular
Disease, and Diabetes
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CDC’s Healthier Worksite Initiative
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Changing the Physical Environment to Promote Health
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VERB™—It’s What You Do
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States Carry the Load of Obesity Efforts
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Steps to Losing Weight and Being Healthy
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New Medicare Policy Could Expand Coverage of Obesity Treatment
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State Policy and Environmental Changes Make It Easier to Stay Healthy
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cdnotes
Fall 2004: Volume 17, Number 1
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Special Focus: Heart Disease and Stroke
- Message from the Director
- Our Goal for the 21st Century
- Heart Disease Burden
- Public Health Action Plan Charts Course for Preventing Heart
Disease and Stroke
- State CVH Programs: The Heart of the Matter
- Cardiovascular Disease Emerges as a Growing Global Threat
- Health Department and Businesses Team Up to Fight Heart Disease and
Stroke
- Duke University
- Highsmith Inc
- Fieldale Farms
- L.L.Bean
- How Can We Entice Employers to Invest in Work Site Health Promotion?
- REACH 2010 Projects Reflect Community Concerns
- WISEWOMAN Program Aims to Reduce the Risk of Heart Disease for
Underserved Women
- Cardiovascular Health Tool Kit Will Help States Collaborate with
Businesses
- Registries Play an Important Role in Helping Understand and Prevent
Cardiovascular Disease
- Cardiovascular Disease and an Association with Gum Disease
- Smoking Bans Can Reduce Heart Attacks
- cdnotes
Correction: In CDNR volume 16, no. 2/3
(Winter/Spring/Summer 2004), page 24, we incorrectly identified Wake
County, North Carolina as Rick County. There is no Rick County in North
Carolina. We apologize for the error.
Winter/Spring/Summer 2004: Volume 16, Number 2/3
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Special Focus: Health-Related Quality of Life, Part II — State and
Local Applications
- Health-Related Quality of Life,
Part II — State and Local Applications
- Commentary
- Missouri Leading the Way in Testing
and Using HRQOL Measures
- Hennepin County, Minnesota
County-Level Data Key to Effective Public Health Practice
- California How Are California
Counties Using HRQOL Data?
- Oregon Benchmarking Oregon
- North Carolina How Many Years of
Your Life Will You Enjoy Good Health?
- Healthy Days Measures Shape A
Portrait of the Chronically IlI
- Reporting the Social Health of the
Nation
- Measuring Quality of Life in the
World, Nation, States, and Local Areas
- Using Quality of Life to Measure a
Program’s Effectiveness and Value
- cdnotes
Correction: In CDNR volume 16, no. 2/3 (Winter/Spring/Summer 2004),
page 24, we incorrectly identified Wake County, North Carolina, as Rick
County. There is no Rick County in North Carolina. We apologize for the
error.
Winter 2003: Volume 16, Number 1
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Special Focus: Health-Related Quality of Life, Part I
- Health-Related Quality of Life
Reveals Full Impact of Chronic Diseases
- Commentary: We’re Living Longer,
But What About Our Quality of Life?
- HRQOL Measures Can Help Track
Health as Population Ages
- Measuring the Health of Communities
- Health-Related Quality of Life
Among Women
- Building Healthier Communities
- Bridging the Artificial Gap Between
Physical and Mental Illness
- cdnotes
Correction: In CDNR volume 15, no. 3 (Fall 2002),
we incorrectly reported that smoking among high school students declined by
16%. The actual rate of decline is 18%. We apologize for the error.
Fall 2002: Volume 15, Number 3
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Special Focus: Eliminating Health Disparities
- Interventions to Eliminate Health
Disparities Are Innovative
- Commentary: What We Do About Health
Disparities Matters
- Diversity in Asian American and
Pacific Islander Communities Poses Challenge for Health Care Providers
- Overcoming the Challenges of
Eliminating Disparities in Tobacco Use
- We Must Identify the Gaps Before We
Can Close Them
- Lesbians Face Many Barriers to Good
Health Care
- Comprehensive Approach Needed to
Eliminate Diabetes Disparities
- cdnotes
Spring/Summer 2002: Volume 15, Number 2
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Special Focus: Eliminating Health Disparities
- Public Health Puzzle: Social
Determinants of Health
- Commentary: Identifying the Causes
of Health Disparities
- Disparities in Maternal and Child
Health
- Eliminating Disparities in Oral
Health: The National “Call to Action”
- Health Disparities Among Native
Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders
- cdnotes
Winter 2002: Volume 15, Number 1
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Special Focus: Research
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No One Left Behind: Focusing Research
on Health Disparities
- Commentary
- CDC’s Research Agenda Strives to
Build Foundation for Public Health Action
- Translating Science into Action
Means Better Health for Everyone
- Surveillance Provides Knowledge and
Understanding to Support Effective Prevention Research
- Research at State and Local Levels
Benefits Communities Nationwide
- Public Health Benefits When
Communities Participate and Help to Guide Research
- cdnotes
Fall 2001: Volume 14, Number 3
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Special Focus: Reducing Tobacco Use
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The National Tobacco Control Program
- Commentary: Public Health Demands
Continuing Progress in Tobacco Control
- Clean Indoor Air: Critical Component
of Comprehensive Tobacco Control
- Young People and Tobacco: Preventing
Addiction at Its Roots
- Helping Kids Say 'No' to Tobacco,
'Yes' to Sports
- Sports Stars and Coaches Support
Tobacco-Free Sports for Youth
- Youth Surveillance Aids Global
Tobacco Control Efforts
- School Programs to Prevent Tobacco
Use
- Reimbursement for Smoking Cessation
- Master Settlement Agreement Offers
Funding Opportunity for Tobacco Control
- Cigarette Smoking Linked to Gum
Diseases
- The Surgeon General's Report on Women
and Smoking
- SAMMEC on the Internet
- Prenatal Smoking Databook Points to
Need for Better Services
- cdnotes
Spring/Summer 2001: Volume 14, Number 2
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Special Focus: Information Resources
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Internet Has Revolutionized How Chronic
Disease Data Are Being Used
- Searchable Internet-Based Databases
Enhance Accessibility and Usefulness of NCCDPHP Data
- Using the Web to Share Information on
Health Education and Health Promotion
- Writing for the Web
- What Is Public Health Informatics All
About?
- Women and Heart Disease: An Atlas of
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mortality
- cdnotes
Winter 2001: Volume 14, Number 1
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Special Focus: School Health
- Commentary
- Coordinated School
Health Programs Make a Difference
- Secretaries Send Youth
Physical Activity Report to the White House
- Reaching and
Protecting Young People
- Asthma: 10 Million
School Days Lost Each Year
- Michigan Gets Moving
With PE Curriculum
- Utah's Unique Approach
to School Health
- Gold Medal School
Project Guides Health Policies
- Healthier Smiles:
Children's Oral Health
- Study Will Strengthen
School Health Policies and Programs
- How States Are Using
YRBSS Data
- CDC Supports
International School Health Activities
- Media Campaign Planned
- cdnotes
Fall 2000: Volume 13, Number 3
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Special Focus: Cancer
- Commentary
- National Breast and
Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
- Educating Americans
About the Importance of Screening for Colorectal Cancer
- CDC Campaigns to
Prevent Skin Cancer
- Improving Diagnoses of
Oral Cancer
- Cancer Surveillance:
And Essential National Strategy
- Prevention Research
Centers Work to Reduce Cancer Rates
- cdnotes
Spring/Summer 2000:
Volume 13, Number 2
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Special Focus: Safe Motherhood
- Commentary
- Teen Pregnancy
Prevention
- Negotiating Safer Sex
Between Couples
- Intimate Partner
Violence and Reproductive Health
- CDC-CityMatCH
Partnership
- Reducing Unintended
Pregnancies
- Reproductive Health in
Refugee Settings
- cdnotes
Winter 2000: Volume
13, Number 1
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Special Focus: Nutrition and Physical Activity
- Commentary
- The Obesity Epidemic
Among Young People
- The Hidden Hunger:
Micronutrient Malnutrition
- Hemochromatosis and
Food Supplements
- 5 A Day for Better
Health
- New York's Low-Fat
Milk Campaign
- Zuni Wellness Clinic
- Improving the Health
of Uninsured Women
- cdnotes
Fall 1999: Volume 12,
Number 3
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Special Focus: Healthy Aging
- Commentary
- Arthritis Now a Public
Health Priority
- Diabetes Among Older
Adults
- Physical Activity
Helps Seniors
- Growing Problem of
Alzheimer's Disease
- cdnotes
Spring/Summer 1999:
Volume 12, Number 2
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Special Focus: Diabetes
- Commentary
- NDEP Strives to Help
Persons with Diabetes
- NDEP Taps Six Minority
Groups as Partners
- NDEP Media Campaign
- International Efforts
to Control Diabetes
- TRIAD Studies Better
Diabetes Treatments
- CDC Supports State's
Diabetes Treatments
- State Diabetes Control
Programs Meet Unique Challenges
- cdnotes
Winter 1999 : Volume 12,
Number 1
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Special Focus: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers
Program
- Commentary
- Harlem Residents
Foster a Health Renaissance
- Taking Health Messages
to Workplaces
- American Indian
Communities Improve Their Children's Health
- Program Credits ASPH's
Vision
- IOM Speaks to the
Future
- SIPS Augment Core
Efforts
- Partnerships for
Women's Health
- cdnotes
Fall 1998 : Volume 11,
Number 1
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Special Focus: NCCDPHP’S 10th Anniversary
- Commentary
- Communicating about
Chronic Diseases
- Looking at 12 Years of
Chronic Disease Conferences
- New NCCDPHP Programs
Coming into Their Own
- Surveillance Systems
Provide Crucial Information
- Web Site Offers Many
Resources
- Awards Underscore a
Decade of Accomplishments
- Publications Cover an
Array of Chronic Disease Topics
- cdnotes
Fall 1997 : Volume 10,
Number 2
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Special Focus: Cardiovascular Disease
- Commentary
- CVD Burden and Risk
- Primary Prevention
Strategy for CVD
- Secondary Prevention
Tied to Behavioral Risk Factors
- CDC's Lipid Lab Sets
Standards
- NCCDPHP's CVD-Related
Activities
- NCCDPHP's Key CVD
Resources
- State-Based CVD
Prevention Activities Vary
- cdnotes
- Graphs, maps, and
tables
Spring/Summer 1997 :
Volume 10, Number 1
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Special Focus: Public Health and Managed Care
Commentary
Network of HMO
Research Centers Formed
Tracking Prevention
Through HEDIS
Using the BRFSS to
Collect Managed Care Data
Alphabet Soup
NCCDPHP Partners with
MCOs
State-Based Managed
Care Activities
Managed Care Forum:
Emerging Issues
cdnotes
Fall 1996 : Volume 9,
Number 2
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Special Focus: Physical Activity and Health
Moderate Activity
Examples
CDC's Physical
Activity Initiative Set in Motion
Ten Exemplary Programs
Deliver Interventions
Two Prevention Centers
Work Together on PA
Order Forms for SGR/PA
Materials
cdnotes
Summer 1996 : Volume
9, Number 1
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Special Issue: Tenth Chronic Disease Conference
Special Issue:
Recapping the Tenth National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and
Control
cdnotes
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