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CDC Approaches to Prevent Disease and Promote Health
CDC works
with states, cities, communities, businesses, and others to accomplish
its mission. Below are selected programs that highlight some of CDC’s
approaches to prevent disease and promote health in women and girls.
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) Campaign
http://www.cdc.gov/des/
This campaign helps inform individuals about health problems associated
with DES exposure in pregnant women between 1938 and 1971, how to learn
more, and what can be done about it. In the United States, an estimated
five to 10 million people were exposed to DES.
Infertility Prevention
Program
http://www.cdc.gov/programs/infect09.pdf
CDC, in collaboration with the Office of Population Affairs, supports a
national Infertility Prevention Program that funds chlamydia screening
and treatment services for low income, sexually active women attending
family planning, STD, and other women’s health care clinics. Routine
screening of women can reduce chlamydia prevalence and pelvic
inflammatory disease incidence in women. CDC is also conducting
infertility prevention research that focuses on performance of
diagnostic tests, factors associated with recurrent chlamydia
infections, and effectiveness and feasibility of chlamydia screening in
males to reduce infection in women.
National Bone
Health Campaign
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bonehealth/
“Powerful Bones, Powerful Girls” is an on-going campaign to promote bone
health in girls 9 to 12 years old so they can reduce their risk of
osteoporosis by developing healthy habits now.
National Breast and
Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp/
Established in 1991, the program is currently implemented in all 50
states, 4 U.S. territories, the District of Columbia, and 13 American
Indian/Alaska Native organizations. To date, the program has screened
1.9 million women; provided over 4.6 million screening examinations; and
diagnosed 17,009 breast cancers, 61,474 precancerous lesions, and 1,157
cervical cancers.
National
Diabetes and Women’s Health Public Health Initiative
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/projects/women.htm
The plan calls for expanding community-based health education programs,
promoting risk assessment, supporting quality care and self-management
for diabetes and its complications, and encouraging research into the
factors that influence diabetes and women’s health.
Pregnancy
Risk Assessment Monitoring System
http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/srv_prams.htm
CDC funds the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) in 31
states and New York City. PRAMS enables states to identify and monitor
maternal and infant health outcomes before, during, and after pregnancy
not available from other sources. PRAMS now covers 62% of births in the
United States.
VERB™
- National Campaign to Get Kids Physically Active
http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r040217.htm
Survey results indicate that physical activity among youth aged 9-13 is
increasing as a result of VERB™,
a multicultural media campaign. VERB™
had one of the largest effects, a 34 percent increase, in weekly
free-time physical activity sessions among 8.6 million children ages
9-10 in the United States. The survey also showed that the VERB™
campaign was especially effective in shrinking the gap in physical
activity levels between boys and girls. There was a 27 percent increase
in free-time physical activity sessions among U.S. girls in the entire
9-13 age range.
WISEWOMAN
http://www.cdc.gov/wisewoman/about_us.htm
In 1993, Congress authorized CDC to establish the Well-Integrated
Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation (WISEWOMAN) program
that helps women aged 40-64 years with little or no insurance coverage
gain access to screening and lifestyle interventions that can reduce
their risk for heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and other chronic
diseases. Currently, 14 WISEWOMAN projects across the nation are helping
women become more physically active, eat healthier, avoid or quit
smoking, and reduce their high blood pressure or high cholesterol. More
than 15,000 women are participating in these projects.
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last reviewed March 24, 2005
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/women/owh/works/prevdis.htm
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Office of Women's Health
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