The prevention and control of chronic diseases: reducing unnecessary deaths and disability--a conference report. Public Health Rep 1987;102(1):17-20
Date
01/01/1987Pubmed ID
3101116Pubmed Central ID
PMC1477716Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0023153997 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 7 CitationsAbstract
Effective, yet underused, preventive measures exist to ameliorate such important public health problems as hypertension, coronary artery disease, and cervical cancer. The First National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control was convened in September 1986 by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and the Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Service, to disseminate information on successful chronic disease programs currently being implemented and to identify barriers to more wide-spread application of state-of-the-art prevention technology. This report briefly summarizes the deliberations of conference working groups (composed primarily of State and Federal public health officials) that addressed these issues. Numerous suggestions for improved surveillance, applied research, and training related to chronic disease prevention and control were offered, as well as ideas on organizing and marketing chronic disease intervention programs. The conference clearly identified a pressing need for a coalition of public health agencies and interested professional and voluntary organizations, as well as a coherent national agenda to combat chronic diseases.
Author List
Mason JO, Koplan JP, Layde PMAuthor
Peter M. Layde MS, MD Emeritus Professor in the Emergency Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Chronic DiseaseHumans
Preventive Health Services
Public Health
United States
