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Prevention is not only the best medicine, it?s the cornerstone of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). To ensure that prevention is integrated into our nation's health care systems, the ACA created the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council, composed of the heads of 17 Federal agencies and chaired by the U.S. Surgeon General.
Earlier this year, the Surgeon General announced the National Prevention Strategy, which is a comprehensive plan to increase the number of Americans who are healthy at every stage of life by moving health care away from a system focused on sickness and disease, to one focused on wellness and prevention.
So how do we turn this plan into reality? The answer is that everyone has a role to play in a healthier community, state and nation.
The Surgeon General, Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, is visiting regions around the country to launch this vision. She believes everyone ? businesses, educators, health care institutions, government, communities and every single American ? has a role to play.
Thursday December 8, 2011, Dr. Benjamin stopped in Chicago, and urged Illinois community leaders and public officials to take a pledge, committing themselves to do what they can to make healthier choices easier choices for themselves and the people in the communities they serve.
So what are you waiting for? Ask not what your country can do for your waistline. Ask what you can do to make your country healthier.
Take the prevention pledge today.
- Health Department Urges Kentuckians To Walk Regularly; State Ranks High In Obesity, Low In Physical Activity
With summer here, the state health department is urging Kentuckians to adopt a regular walking schedule to connect with friends and neighbors and improve health and fitness in a state that ranks high in obesity and low in physical activity....
- Statewide Forum On Community Efforts To Promote Children's Health Will Be Held In Northern Kentucky Monday, Sept. 16
"The goal is simple, the challenge difficult ? how to ensure that the current generation of children in Kentucky grows up healthier than their parents. A free one-day conference coming up in Erlanger will attempt to draw engaged civic leaders into that...
- This Week Is National Public Health Week; This Year's Focus Is On Prevention And Wellness
With a focus on prevention and wellness this year, the Kentucky Department of Public Health is promoting national Public Health Week, which kicked off yesterday and will be observed until Sunday. The prevention theme was chosen to underscore the impact...
- And Many Happy Returns: The Affordable Care Act Turns Three
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a historic law and its third birthday should be celebrated. The law, each day, helps move the country from a 'sick care' system to a real health care system. Some of the lesser known but most important provisions...
- The Affordable Care Act: Preventing Chronic Diseases
Did you know that switching the focus from treating chronic illnesses to preventing the diseases will not only improve the health of individuals and families all over the country, but will also rein in health care costs and strengthen the economy?The Affordable...
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Let?s Hear it for Prevention
Prevention is not only the best medicine, it?s the cornerstone of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). To ensure that prevention is integrated into our nation's health care systems, the ACA created the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council, composed of the heads of 17 Federal agencies and chaired by the U.S. Surgeon General.
Earlier this year, the Surgeon General announced the National Prevention Strategy, which is a comprehensive plan to increase the number of Americans who are healthy at every stage of life by moving health care away from a system focused on sickness and disease, to one focused on wellness and prevention.
So how do we turn this plan into reality? The answer is that everyone has a role to play in a healthier community, state and nation.
The Surgeon General, Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, is visiting regions around the country to launch this vision. She believes everyone ? businesses, educators, health care institutions, government, communities and every single American ? has a role to play.
Thursday December 8, 2011, Dr. Benjamin stopped in Chicago, and urged Illinois community leaders and public officials to take a pledge, committing themselves to do what they can to make healthier choices easier choices for themselves and the people in the communities they serve.
?I will be a leader to make healthier choices easier choices where I live, learn, work, play and pray.?This is an unprecedented call to action is for individuals, communities, schools, faith institutions and employers to all take part. The pledge, and more information about the National Prevention Strategy is hosted by Community Commons and managed by Health & Disability Advocates and the Trust for America?s Health.
So what are you waiting for? Ask not what your country can do for your waistline. Ask what you can do to make your country healthier.
Take the prevention pledge today.
- Health Department Urges Kentuckians To Walk Regularly; State Ranks High In Obesity, Low In Physical Activity
With summer here, the state health department is urging Kentuckians to adopt a regular walking schedule to connect with friends and neighbors and improve health and fitness in a state that ranks high in obesity and low in physical activity....
- Statewide Forum On Community Efforts To Promote Children's Health Will Be Held In Northern Kentucky Monday, Sept. 16
"The goal is simple, the challenge difficult ? how to ensure that the current generation of children in Kentucky grows up healthier than their parents. A free one-day conference coming up in Erlanger will attempt to draw engaged civic leaders into that...
- This Week Is National Public Health Week; This Year's Focus Is On Prevention And Wellness
With a focus on prevention and wellness this year, the Kentucky Department of Public Health is promoting national Public Health Week, which kicked off yesterday and will be observed until Sunday. The prevention theme was chosen to underscore the impact...
- And Many Happy Returns: The Affordable Care Act Turns Three
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a historic law and its third birthday should be celebrated. The law, each day, helps move the country from a 'sick care' system to a real health care system. Some of the lesser known but most important provisions...
- The Affordable Care Act: Preventing Chronic Diseases
Did you know that switching the focus from treating chronic illnesses to preventing the diseases will not only improve the health of individuals and families all over the country, but will also rein in health care costs and strengthen the economy?The Affordable...