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7 The Call for Action
Pages 257-260

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From page 257...
... Also, although many control programs exist for some of these conditions, they are not well evaluated, for either efficacy or population coverage. As the United States faces difficult economic times, the epidemic of chronic illness is increasing for many reasons: the aging of the adult population, as in other developed countries; the far from complete primary prevention of important illnesses, even when feasible; inadequate evidence on how to conduct effective public programs and interventions; inadequate public programmatic resources, even for effective, evidence-based programs; inadequate attention to chronic illness management by clinical health services charged with managing patients with chronic illnesses; and the failure to more effectively align clinical and public health services where synergies might be gained (Alliance for Health Reform, 2011)
From page 258...
... This discussion is supported by Appendix B, on new models of community-based care for peo ple with chronic illness; • A consideration of the importance of federal policy in enhancing chronic disease control, including an emphasis on the Affordable Care Act and related legislation, as well as exploring the Health in All Policies and the Health Impact Assessment approach, and how the execution of these laws and policies can be used to enhance public health strategies to improve living with chronic illness; and • An assessment of the critical role of aligning public health and non–health care community organizations as a system change to better control chronic diseases and improve quality of life and health outcomes in patients living with them.
From page 259...
... economy, infrastructure difficulties, and the need to maximize the impact of public health efforts related to living well with chronic illness, the committee's recommendations are intended to respond to the statement of task, optimize efforts to better understand the burden and needs of people living with chronic illness, promote the creation and implementation of public health policies an emerging legislation, improve the dissemination of effective community-based interventions, improve preventive clinical guidelines for people with chronic illness, and promote the testing of an aligned health system to help people live well with chronic illness. We think that this report and the recommendations are rooted in a population-based approach and underscore the special attention needed and the importance of public health action and leadership in the management and control of chronic disease in support of living well.
From page 260...
... 2011. Preventing Chronic Disease: The New Public Health.


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