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Chronic Diseases and Conditions

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Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care. These include Heart Diseases; Stroke; Cancer; and Diabetes, among others. For more information visit National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP).

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  • Million Hearts Stakeholder Insights Element Associated with Effective Adoption and Use of a Tobacco Use Identification and Treatment Intervention Protocol
    Million Hearts: Stakeholder Insights: Element Associated with Effective Adoption and Use of a Tobacco Use Identification and Treatment Intervention Protocol
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)  ...
    2016/01/01 | Million Hearts
    Million Hearts® convened a group of stakeholders who recognize the importance of protocols in successful tobacco dependence treatment. Stakeholders consisted of protocol developers, as well as clinical and community organizations and health care providers that have successfully used protocols within their systems. This document is a compilation of ...
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  • Perinatal Quality Collaborative Success Story Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative Improves Birth Registry Data Prematurity Outcomes and Number of Babies Born FullTerm
    Perinatal Quality Collaborative Success Story: Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative Improves Birth Registry Data, Prematurity Outcomes, and Number of Babies Born Full-Term
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)  ...
    2016/01/01 | National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
    Ohio’s birth registry—the Integrated Perinatal Health Information System—is an extensive population-based data set. This registry is state and federally mandated—all births must be electronically recorded within 10 days. Despite its value, the data quality and accuracy have varied.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides fundin ...
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  • Improving Stroke Care in Nursing Homes Massachusetts Stroke Registry
    Improving Stroke Care in Nursing Homes: Massachusetts Stroke Registry
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
    2015/11/18 | National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)
    The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) supports the Massachusetts Stroke Registry (MSR) in efforts to improve care for stroke survivors who are living temporarily in nursing homes or skilled nursing facilities during rehabilitation
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  • Million Hearts Solo Providers Excellence in Blood Pressure Control
    Million Hearts: Solo Providers: Excellence in Blood Pressure Control
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)  ...
    2015/11/06 | Million Hearts
    The Hypertension Control Challenge recognizes clinicians and health systems that have excelled at controlling blood pressure. The Hypertension Control Champions use evidence-based strategies to achieve exemplary blood pressure control rates in their practices. As of 2017, CDC has recognized 83 clinicians, health care practices, and health systems a ...
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  • BRFSS Statistical Brief on the Health Care Access Module 2013 and 2014 October 2015
    BRFSS Statistical Brief on the Health Care Access Module, 2013 and 2014: October 2015
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)  ...
    2015/10/01 | National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
    This document provides guidance for Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) coordinators and researchers who would like to conduct analyses of the data collected from the Health Care Access (HCA) Module in 2013 and 2014. Because there are unique aspects with the weighting and analysis that are associated with the module in each of the re ...
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  • Best Practices User Guides Health Equity in Tobacco Prevention and Control
    Best Practices User Guides: Health Equity in Tobacco Prevention and Control
    Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). Center for Tobacco Policy Research  ...
    2015/09/30 | Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs
    This user guide focuses on how comprehensive tobacco control programs can work to achieve health equityin tobacco prevention and control. Best Practices recommends that “Identifying and eliminating tobacco- related disparities among population groups” be a primary goal of every state tobacco control program, along with preventing initiation among y ...
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  • Million Hearts Addressing Health Disparities Excellence in Blood Pressure Control
    Million Hearts: Addressing Health Disparities: Excellence in Blood Pressure Control
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)  ...
    2015/09/14 | Million Hearts
    In 2014 Million Hearts® recognized 30 health care organizations and practices as 2014 Hypertension Control Champions for controlling the blood pressure of at least 70% of their hypertensive patients. Five of these Champions—Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston, Texas; Green Spring Internal Medicine in Lutherville, Maryland; Denver Health Community Heal ...
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  • Million Hearts Federally Qualified Health Centers Excellence in Blood Pressure Control
    Million Hearts: Federally Qualified Health Centers: Excellence in Blood Pressure Control
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)  ...
    2015/09/14 | Million Hearts
    This handout lists and highlights the seven Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) that were recognized as 2014 Hypertension Control Champions
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  • Million Hearts Large Health Systems Excellence in Blood Pressure Control
    Million Hearts: Large Health Systems: Excellence in Blood Pressure Control
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)  ...
    2015/09/14 | Million Hearts
    The Hypertension Control Challenge recognizes clinicians and health systems that have excelled at controlling blood pressure. The Hypertension Control Champions use evidence-based strategies to achieve exemplary blood pressure control rates in their practices. As of 2017, CDC has recognized 83 clinicians, health care practices, and health systems a ...
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  • Million Hearts Tennessee Excellence in Blood Pressure Control
    Million Hearts: Tennessee: Excellence in Blood Pressure Control
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)  ...
    2015/09/14 | Million Hearts
    The Hypertension Control Challenge recognizes clinicians and health systems that have excelled at controlling blood pressure. The Hypertension Control Champions use evidence-based strategies to achieve exemplary blood pressure control rates in their practices. As of 2017, CDC has recognized 83 clinicians, health care practices, and health systems a ...
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  • I was lucky Cote De Pablo
    I was lucky. [Cote De Pablo]
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)  ...
    2015/08/12 | Inside Knowledge: Get the Facts About Gynecologic Cancer
    This poster features actress Cote De Pablo, encouraging women to get checked for cervical cancer.
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  • Addressing Emergency Preparedness Needs of Individuals Living with Cognitive Impairment and Their Care Partners Role of the Public Health and Aging Services Networks
    Addressing Emergency Preparedness Needs of Individuals Living with Cognitive Impairment and Their Care Partners: Role of the Public Health and Aging Services Networks
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)  ...
    07/29/2015 | CDC Brief
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Alzheimer’s Association have developed The Healthy Brain Initiative: The Public Health Road Map for State and National Partnerships, 2013-2018. This Road Map proposes 35 actions to increase the quality of life for people with cognitive impairment. An action item in the “Policy and Partner ...
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  • Addressing Stigma Associated with Alzheimers Disease And Other Dementias Role of the Public Health and Aging Services Networks
    Addressing Stigma Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease And Other Dementias: Role of the Public Health and Aging Services Networks
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)  ...
    07/08/2015 | CDC Brief
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Alzheimer’s Association have developed The Healthy Brain Initiative: The Public Health Road Map for State and National Partnerships, 2013-2018. This Road Map proposes 35 actions to increase the quality of life for people with cognitive impairment. Two action items in the “Educate and Empo ...
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  • Addressing Financial Exploitation Among People Living with Cognitive Impairment and Their Caregivers Role of the Public Health and Aging Services Networks
    Addressing Financial Exploitation Among People Living with Cognitive Impairment and Their Caregivers: Role of the Public Health and Aging Services Networks
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)  ...
    07/07/2015 | CDC Brief
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Alzheimer’s Association have developed The Healthy Brain Initiative: The Public Health Road Map for State and National Partnerships, 2013-2018. This Road Map features a set of 35 actions to increase the quality of life for people with cognitive impairment. An action item in the “Educate a ...
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  • Million Hearts Healthy Is Strong The Healthy GetTogether Planning Guide
    Million Hearts: Healthy Is Strong: The Healthy Get-Together Planning Guide
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)  ...
    2015/06/09 | Million Hearts
    This planning guide provides suggestions for planning a Healthy Get-Together with your family, friends, or community. We hope that it will provide you with some tools and ideas to help raise awareness of heart disease and stroke as well as simple, low-cost activities to improve heart health.
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  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System history
    Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System history
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services. Division of Behavioral Surveillance.
    2015/04/30 | National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)
    In 1984, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). BRFSS is the nation’s premier system of health surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors and events, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services.For ...
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  • Perinatal Quality Collaborative Success Story California Maternal Quality Care Collaboratives Data Center Tool Helps Hospitals Reduce Severe Maternal Morbidity
    Perinatal Quality Collaborative Success Story: California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative’s Data Center Tool Helps Hospitals Reduce Severe Maternal Morbidity
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)  ...
    2015/01/01 | National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
    The most severe pregnancy complications, commonly referred to as severe maternal morbidity, can result in longer hospital stays, long-term rehabilitation, and higher direct medical costs. Tracking performance on maternity care metrics, such as severe maternal morbidity, informs clinical practices and drives quality improvement.With support from the ...
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  • Million Hearts SelfMeasured Blood Pressure Monitoring Action Steps for Clinicians
    Million Hearts Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring: Action Steps for Clinicians
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)  ...
    2014/12/01 | Million Hearts
    Million Hearts® is a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services initiative, co-led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), with the goal of preventing one million heart attacks and strokes by 2017. To help achieve this goal, Million Hearts® aims to increase by 10 million the ...
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  • Presin arterial alta Cmo hacer que controlarla sea su meta La historia de Estela
    Presión arterial alta: Cómo hacer que controlarla sea su meta [La historia de Estela]
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)  ...
    2014/08/27 | Million Hearts
    Patient flyer discussing the importance of controlling blood pressure and offering methods to engage with a health care team and includes a story of a patient, Estela, who managed her high blood pressure through diet, exercise, and prescription medication.
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  • Whole School Whole Community Whole Child A Collaborative Approach to Learning and Health
    Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child: A Collaborative Approach to Learning and Health
    Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development‏.  ...
    2014/08/19 | National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)
    The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model expands on the eight elements of CDC’s coordinated school health ( CSH ) approach and is combined with the whole child framework. CDC and ASCD developed this expanded model—in collaboration with key leaders from the fields of health, public health, education, and school health—to strengthe ...
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