Disease Management Resources
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Updated August 2007
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Other Resources
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Prevention Research Centers Merging Research and Practice (2007)
Published by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), this "at-a-glance" addition briefly describes how academic health research has been beneficial to creating effective chronic disease prevention strategies for states to implement. This publication also gives a list of prevention research centers and description of their core projects.
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State Programs in Action (2005)
CDC promotes state-based programs that encourage healthy behaviors and reduce chronic disease risk factors. These programs should be directed to populations at greatest need and build on a foundation of scientific evidence.
- Medicaid Disease Management: Issues and Promises (September 2004)
This issue paper presents information from nine states that have developed and implemented disease management programs for adult Medicaid enrollees with chronic conditions.
- Disease Management Programs: Improving Health While Reducing Costs? (January 2004)
An issue brief by the Georgetown University Center on an Aging Society.
- Disease Management: Florida's MediPass Program (2004)
This links to an overview by the Commonwealth Fund about the improved health of those with chronic diseases and cost savings as a result of the implementation of the Medipass program.
- Promising Practices in Chronic Disease Prevention and Control (2003)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed this book to share its vision of how states and their partners can reduce the prevalence of chronic diseases and their risk factors by instituting comprehensive statewide programs. In addition to describing some of the most promising practices available to state programs, the book provides numerous sources, including Web sites, that describe state and local examples of what can be achieved; state-of-the art strategies, methods, and tools; and training opportunities.
- "Healthy Behaviors: Addressing Chronic Disease at Its Roots" (2003)
This links to two presentation webcasts/transcripts provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation focusing on strategies for preventing chronic disease by promoting healthy behaviors: (Preventing Chronic Disease and Promoting Healthy Behavior).
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