Montana Dept. of Public Health Expands Successful Worksite Walking Program

Approximately 127 million Americans live with a musculoskeletal condition. These conditions have an associated cost of treatment, care and lost wages totaling more than $213 billion annually.¹ Narrowing to arthritis specifically, this chronic disease affects one in four Americans and causes significant disability.² Similarly, more than one in four adults in Montana, 27%, have arthritis.³ Of Montanans with arthritis, half have activity limitations and nearly...

Alaska Develops Video to Share How Partners Use Youth Survey Results

Alaska youth face health and behavior challenges that increase their chances of death, disability and social problems. Behaviors linked to death, disability and social problems include a lack of physical activity and good nutrition; tobacco, alcohol, and drug use; safety concerns; violence and bullying; suicide; sexual behaviors; and poor connections with peers, adults, and the community. Alaska’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) monitors health risk behaviors among youth so the Alaska..

The Collaborative Effort

Breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers among women in the United States. Although advances in treatment have helped many women live longer healthier lives after a diagnosis, detecting breast cancer at early stages is imperative for long-term survival...

Transportation Shouldn’t be a Roadblock — Communiride, LLC

Every day, 14 Tennessee women are diagnosed with breast cancer. Failure to detect breast cancer in the early phase has resulted in Tennessee experiencing the 12th highest breast cancer mortality rate in the US during 2011 and 2015. Although white women are diagnosed at higher rates, black women carry a higher mortality rate, especially in the Memphis/Shelby County zip codes. Access to early detection of breast cancer, regardless of race or socioeconomic status, is critical to increase the...

A Partnership to Reduce Breast Cancer Disparities in Allegheny County

The PA Department of Health and the Allegheny County Breast Cooperative aimed to reduce breast cancer disparities Allegheny County by increasing community demand for screenings, removing barriers to services, and establishing community support.  The goals for the first 6 months of the program were to:...

Increasing Enrollment in the National Diabetes Prevention Program

Diabetes is serious, controllable and preventable. Diabetes is among Alaska’s leading causes of death and disease. It can increase the likelihood of heart disease and stroke. It can lead to significant disability, including blindness, amputations, and kidney failure. During 2016 in Alaska, diabetes contributed to the need for services in 70,487 hospital visits.

Veggie Script Incentive Encourages Walk With Ease Participant Retention

Arthritis is a major public health problem in the United States.  It affects over 54 million American adults and will increase to 78 million by 2040.  The condition limits 24 million people from performing their daily tasks.

Texas has a 21.5% age-adjusted prevalence of arthritis.  While that is the in lowest quartile of all states, the efforts of the project being highlighted in this success story are specifically working in an underserved area of south Dallas, which

Integrative Partnership Targets WWE Participants Via the WISEWOMAN Program

Arthritis is a major public health problem in the United States.  It affects over 54 million American adults and will increase to 78 million by 2040.  The condition limits 24 million people from performing their daily tasks.
Nearly 30 percent of people aged 45-64 have reported ever having arthritis and women have a higher age-adjusted prevalence of arthritis than men...

Putting Public Health Into Practice – A Partnership

Alaska attributes nearly 700 deaths annually to smoking related diseases. Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in Alaska. Each year tobacco causes more deaths than suicide, motor vehicle crashes, chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, homicide and HIV/AIDS combined. More than half tobacco users surveyed reported they wanted to quit. Providers are overburdened in a clinical setting and want evidence based resources to refer their patients.

Health Coaches Enhance Participants’ Walk With Ease Experience

Arthritis is a major public health problem in the United States. It affects over 54 million American adults and will increase to 78 million by 2040. The condition limits 24 million people from performing their daily tasks. Specific to Iowa, the state had an age-adjusted arthritis prevalence of 23.1% in 2016.