What's Working In Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
The What’s Working in Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Success Stories Database assists Chronic Disease Units with educating policymakers and peers on evidence-based and innovative programs they have implemented to reduce the burden of chronic disease in their communities.
Within Success Stories are Case Studies, initiatives underway in states that have not yet been evaluated as successful but may be of use in other situations.
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Minnesota Uses GIS to Increase Availability of MTM for Medicaid Recipients
According to the Minnesota Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 24% of adults reported having high blood pressure in 2017. Of those, approximately 76% reported that they were taking medications prescribed to reduce their blood pressure. Similarly, in 2015, about one in four adults reported they were not taking their blood pressure medication according to doctor’s orders. Medication Therapy Management (MTM) has been shown to be effective for improving medication adherence, lower...
September 29th, 2021Read More >>
WV KISRA Promotes Workplace Wellness to Prevent Chronic Diseases
According to the State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America 2017, West Virginia has the second highest rate of obesity in the nation. Since most full-time working adults spend time at work, effective workplace programs and policies can help reduce obesity and improve chronic disease outcomes. West Virginia small employers need resources and programs that will support worker's healthy diets and regular physical activity while at work. A healthy diet combined with physical ...
May 18th, 2021Read More >>
Teaching Children to Have Fun and Manage Diabetes at WV Camp Kno-Koma
A CDC study indicates the rate of new diagnosed cases of type 1 diabetes increased about 1.8 % each year between 2002 and 2012. Diabetes must be managed on a daily basis, which can be challenging for children. Children with diabetes often feel alone and have a hard time dealing with diabetes. Many children with diabetes are not self-sufficient in managing their disease. This may limit their participation in many childhood activities.
May 18th, 2021Read More >>
Wisconsin Pharmacists Provide Medication Therapy Management Services
Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death and disability in Wisconsin. Approximately 1.3 million adults in Wisconsin have hypertension and less than half of them have their blood pressure under control. Medication helps people control their blood pressure yet only two in five persons in Wisconsin take their hypertension medications as prescribed. Team-based care that includes pharmacists specializing in medication therapy management as integral...
May 18th, 2021Read More >>
Overcoming COVID-19 Challenges to Deliver Walk With Ease
By September 29, 2020, NACDD will increase the availability of and participation in arthritis appropriate evidence-based interventions (AAEBIs) through the implementation of an effective intervention, dissemination, and delivery model. The anticipated outcomes of these efforts include sustained delivery of AAEBIs and increased reach of individuals with AAEBIs.
October 5th, 2020Read More >>
Integrating Walk With Ease into a Benefits Structure: A Model for Employers
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's health statistics office estimates that healthcare professionals have diagnosed 30% of Pennsylvanians and more than 1 in 4 Philadelphians with arthritis.1 Arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions have a broad and lasting impact including physical limitations and poor mental health. Arthritis also has a significant financial impact on both the individual and their employer. Osteoarthritis causes higher direct medical and indirect costs for employers. ...
August 30th, 2020Read More >>
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...
July 23rd, 2020Read More >>
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..
March 23rd, 2020Read More >>
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...
February 25th, 2020Read More >>
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...
February 25th, 2020Read More >>