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CONTACT: Paige Rohe
ATLANTA (Nov. 29, 2022) – The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) has published its 2023 Member Guide, “Sowing Seeds of Health for Justice.” In addition to serving as a handbook for NACDD Membership, the Guide reinforces NACDD’s commitment to health equity and combatting racial disparities through its content.
“Equity is not only a written or oral commitment, equity is an action,” said NACDD Board At-Large Director Teresa Aseret-Manygoats, MPA. “NACDD and the Board have been dedicated to providing state chronic disease programs with solutions to address systems that create barriers for accessing prevention and healthcare services; ensuring useability of data and recommendations by communities most affected by health and social disparities; and engaging partners and populations with high burden in program planning and decision-making. As chronic disease leaders, these resources build our capacity to utilize our ‘spheres of influence’ to make actionable change.”
The 2023 Member Guide includes links to several health equity tools, including the new Health Equity Primer. The Primer lays out well-defined terminology, evidence-based theory, and provides case studies. The goal is to offer Members a deeper understanding of health equity and the processes by which to achieve it.
The Guide also introduces Members to the NACDD’s new platform to connect and engage with public health peers, the NACDD Engagement Community. In addition to linking Members to one another, the Engagement Community also provides a rich library of resources, tools, and other items to support and publicize their work.
Read NACDD’s 2023 Member Guide
The Guide provides a one-stop-shop of where to find out more about Member services and benefits as well as contains updated information on how Members can best keep in touch with their Association. The Guide also includes:
- Advocacy tools;
- Member and staff directories;
- Professional development resources;
- Contact information for subject matter experts;
- Information about the Center for Public Health Leadership and the Center for Advancing Healthy Communities;
- Committee and council descriptions;
- Guiding Principles; and
- By-laws
“In recent years, the importance of your work has been clearer than ever,” said NACDD CEO John W. Robitscher, MPH. “As the only organization representing all State and Territorial Chronic Disease Directors and their staff, we are proud to support efforts to reduce the impact of chronic diseases on the population and to advocate for prevention policies and programs.”
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The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
Promoting Health. Preventing Disease.
The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) and its more than 7,000 Members seek to strengthen state-based leadership and expertise for chronic disease prevention and control in states and nationally. Established in 1988, in partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NACDD is the only membership association of its kind to serve and represent every chronic disease division in all states and U.S. territories. For more information, visit chronicdisease.org.