National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (CUB) [Mission/Function Statement 2016]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Management Analysis and Services Office.
• Description:
  The mission of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) is to improve the health of children and adults by preventing birth defects and developmental disabilities, and complications of heredity blood disorders; promoting optimal child development, and the health and wellness among children and adults living with disabilities. In carrying out this mission, this organization: (1) conducts public health research, epidemiological investigations, and program demonstrations directed toward preventing birth defects and developmental disabilities, and complications of hereditary blood disorders, optimal fetal, infant, and child development, and promoting the health and wellness of people with disabilities, including the prevention of secondary conditions; (2) plans, develops, establishes, and maintains systems of surveillance and monitoring the population for these conditions; (3) operates regional centers for the conduct of applied epidemiological research on these conditions; (4) provides information and education to health care providers, public health professionals, and the public on these conditions; (5) provides technical assistance, consultation, capacity building through technology transfer, grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and other means to State, local, international, and nonprofit organizations to prevent and control these conditions; (6) provides training in the epidemiology of these conditions for health professionals within and outside the United States; (7) translates scientific findings into intervention, prevention, and health promotion strategies; (8) conducts evaluations of programs to determine effectiveness; (9) coordinates activities with other CDC organizations and Federal and non-Federal health agencies, as appropriate. (Approved 10/20/2003).
  
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  ncbdddfs.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Child Development Disorders, Pervasive/prevention & Control Congenital Abnormalities/prevention & Control Developmental Disabilities/prevention & Control Public Health United States Government Agencies/organization & Administration
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Genre:
  Mission Statement
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  9 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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