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| Division of Chronic Disease ● Community Health Section |
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Mission: To improve the health and quality of life for North Dakotans who have chronic diseases by promoting healthy behaviors, supporting health-care improvement measures, developing community policies and practices, and increasing disease risk awareness. Coordinated School HealthWorks in conjunction with the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction to improve the health and well-being of K-12 students and prepare them to be healthy adults. Diabetes Prevention and Control ProgramSupports diabetes prevention, early diagnosis and disease management by working with communities, health professionals and health systems in the areas of policy, quality improvement and education. Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program Works to reduce disease, disability and death related to heart disease, stroke and related risk factors – high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, tobacco use, physical inactivity, poor nutrition, overweight/obesity and diabetes – through education, policy, systems and environmental changes. North Dakota State Asthma Workgroup Works to improve the health of residents in North Dakota who have asthma. Epidemiology Supports the programs in the division through collection, organization, analysis and reporting of data from a variety of sources for the purposes of assessing chronic disease prevalence, incidence and impact, and program evaluation. |
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