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An Integrated Approach to Chronic Disease Prevention: the Steps to a Healthier NY Model
Speakers:
David Hoffman, MS, Director, Bureau of Chronic Disease Services, NYS Department of Health
Mary McFadden, Director, Steps to a Healthier New York, Broome County, NY
Program Description:
In the United States today, seven of ten deaths are attributable to chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and asthma. This program will showcase a new innovative model for addressing the prevention of these chronic diseases. The benefits of an integrated approach will be demonstrated through discussions with community stakeholders and highlights from selected interventions from the four Steps to Healthier NY communities (Broome, Chautauqua, Jefferson, and Rockland counties).
Objectives:
As a result of this program, participants will be able
to:
- describe at least one intervention to prevent chronic disease that has been successful in the "Steps to Healthier NY" communities.
Satellite broadcast originally aired February 17, 2005.
For the purposes of providing continuing education credits, this program was reviewed in October, 2007 and renewed until October 2009.
School of Public Health, University at Albany, is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This activity has been assigned code 6VKSFE-PRV-06-074a and has been approved for 1.0 contact hour.
School of Public Health, University at Albany is accredited by the MSSNY to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).TM Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity is sponsored by the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for the CHES to receive 1.0 Category 1 CECH in health education.
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