Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

What's New?

Announcements

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• Weight of the Nation public screenings to be held in Anchorage on May 23, 2012 and in Juneau on June 4, 2012
• Chronicles, Volume 4, Issue 1: Living Well Alaska: An Evaluation of a Distance Delivery Project posted
• 2012 Updates for "Alaska Tobacco Facts" and "Tobacco in the Great Land" posted
• Alaska BRFSS 2010 Highlights posted
• Find out about Adult Fall Prevention on the
  Fall-related Injury Prevention site>
  • Download the guide for Alaskans:
    Workout To Go!
    
    (pdf 1.5mb)
• A Decade of Progress: Tobacco Prevention and Control in Alaska FY 2010-2011 posted
• YRBS 2011 Results for Traditional and Alternative High Schools (by sex, grade, and race) posted
• Alaska Adult Indicator Profiles page has been added to the Healthy Alaskans 2010 site>
• Full BRFSS Report posted
• Current Initiatives & Activities: Obesity Prevention and Control Program posted for SFY12 posted
  
• Obesity Prevention and Control Program 2010-2011 Status Report posted

About the Section

Vision: Healthy and Safe Alaskans.

Mission: To identify and advance the conditions that lead to
safe and healthy lives for Alaskans.

To achieve our mission and vision the Section of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion seeks to improve the health and well being of all Alaskans by:

• monitoring behavioral risk factors and chronic diseases through the collection, interpretation, and dissemination of surveillance data;
• educating the public and health professionals;
• collaborating with communities and other partners in the planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based strategies and interventions;
• advocating for the prevention and control of chronic diseases; and
• promoting healthy lifestyle decisions.

Section Programs

• Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Home
• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
• Cancer Prevention and Control
• Cancer Registry
• Comprehensive Cancer Control
• Diabetes Prevention and Control
• Family Violence Prevention
• Health Promotion
• Health Survey Lab
• Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
• Injury Prevention
• Obesity Prevention and Control
• School Health
• Tobacco Prevention and Control
• Youth Risk Behaviors

Resources

• Arthritis Resources
• Center for Health Data and Statistics
• Publications
• Alaska Health Education Library Project (AHELP)
• Healthy Alaskans 2010
• Take Heart Alaska
• Better Choices, Better Health
• Worksite Health and Productivity Promotion
• Site Map (Org Chart)
• Contact Information