The Institute of Medicine’s New Report on Living Well with Chronic Illness

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• Personal Author:
  Harris JR ; Wallace RB
• Description:
  In the United States, chronic illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and chronic lung disease account for 70% of deaths and 75% of health care costs and have received attention in the professional and lay literature. Although efforts in managing chronic illness typically originate in the health care system, governmental and community-based public health organizations play an important role in helping people with chronic illness maintain optimal health. To help advance the chronic illness programs and policies of public health organizations, the Institute of Medicine (IOM), with the sponsorship of the Arthritis Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has produced a new report, "Living Well With Chronic Illness: A Call for Public Health Action". In this essay, we highlight findings from the report related to the consequences of chronic illness, the need for enhanced surveillance, the state of interventions and policies to decrease the effects of chronic illness, and the need for coordinated action in both health care and community-based settings. We close with a discussion of the report's implications for public health organizations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chronic Disease Community Health Services Health Promotion Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Chronic Diseases Community Health Health Promotion Intervention Public Health Surveillance
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 7 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056615
• Citation:
  Prev Chronic Dis 2012 Sep; 9:120126
• Contact Point Address:
  Jeffrey R. Harris, MD, MPH, MBA, University of Washington, Health Services, Health Promotion Research Center, 1107 NE 45th St, Ste 200, Seattle, WA 98105
• Email:
  jh7@u.washington.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:592d5a69d7c18c775dd932aa0af5f36486c86d9d738bb724c9740a939de184d3882043b6c10b8ec06b59f91d58b9c6c03593adb65ffafde1fc9877e5e73b6132
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214187/cdc_214187_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 151.93 KB ]