| About Us | |
| Public health chronic disease programs work with community and health care partners to keep Oregonians as healthy as possible for as long as possible. | |
| Vision | |
| Healthy people in healthy communities. | |
| Mission Statement | |
| The purpose of the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Program (HPCDP) is to promote the health of Oregonians by advancing policy and developing public health programs that prevent chronic diseases from occurring, detect chronic diseases at the earliest stages when they are most treatable, and prevent further complications. | |
| Organization | |
| Annual Performance Measures The DHS Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Program (HPCDP) includes nine program areas: arthritis; asthma; breast and cervical cancer screening; statewide cancer registry; comprehensive cancer control; diabetes; heart disease and stroke; physical activity, nutrition and obesity; and tobacco control. All nine program areas are supported by funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The tobacco control program is also funded with tobacco tax revenues designated by Ballot Measure 44 passed by Oregon voters in 1996. At the current time, no state general fund revenues support these programs. Together cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, and chronic lung diseases account for over 68% of deaths in Oregon, many of them premature. Costs for hospitalizations for these diseases totaled more than $984 million in 2000. This does not include costs for doctor visits, medicines, or lost days of work and school. These and other chronic diseases like arthritis and asthma are the primary causes of illness and disability in our state. Many factors contribute to developing chronic diseases. Some of these factors are lifestyle behaviors we can modify, others we inherit from our families. Half of all deaths in Oregon can be attributed to unhealthy lifestyle behaviors like tobacco use, sedentary lifestyle, poor diet, and not getting preventive screenings like mammograms or blood cholesterol tests. By altering lifestyle behaviors, the risk of developing heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, lung disease and arthritis is reduced. For people diagnosed with these diseases, good disease management including healthy lifestyle behaviors dramatically reduces the risk of complications. Communities, schools, worksites and health care sites can support and promote healthy behaviors through policies and environments like smoke-free worksites, healthy cafeteria meals, sidewalks and bike paths, incentives for bicycle and pedestrian commuters, worksite health promotion programs, and insurance coverage for preventive services such as mammography and tobacco cessation. Public health chronic disease program activities in Oregon include collecting and publishing data about chronic diseases and related health behaviors; working with partners to develop collaborative statewide plans; awarding and monitoring contracts with state and local organizations and agencies to implement evidence-based interventions in communities and through health care systems; providing training and technical assistance on best practices for county health departments, community-based organizations, and health care systems; developing and implementing public policies that promotes health and decreases disease burden and associated economic costs. | |
| Programs | |
| The Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Program monitors the occurrence of chronic diseases, deaths, health behaviors, and community conditions that support healthy lifestyles. Collaboration with state and local partners facilitates development and implementation of effective programs to decrease the impact of long-term, chronic illnesses on Oregonians. Read more about specific program areas. | |
