Welcome to the CDC's Adult and Community
Health Web Site
The Division of Adult and Community Health (DACH) is charged with
managing programs that provide cross-cutting chronic disease and health
promotion expertise and support to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), states, communities, and other partners.
DACH also manages several important and high-profile chronic disease
prevention and control programs for specific chronic diseases, and is
charged with assessing new and emerging chronic disease issues and
launching new programs for NCCDPHP.
Featured Highlights
New: 2008 SMART BRFSS Data and BRFSS Maps
The 2008 SMART BRFSS data and prevalence tables, along with the
BRFSS maps are now available. With the 2008 data release an
additional 20 metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas (MMSAs)
are included.
 Promoting Health Equity—A Resource to Help Communities Address Social
Determinants of Health ( PDF–11Mb)
This workbook is for community-based organizations seeking to affect the
social determinants of health through community-based participatory
approaches and nontraditional partnerships.
Community Health Resources
Looking for CDC's best resources to help you plan, implement and evaluate
community health initiatives? Search the Community Health Resources for
links to hundreds of useful tools, handbooks, fact sheets and other
information.
The State of Aging and Health in
America 2007 Report
The State of Aging and Health in America 2007 report presents the most
current national data available on 15 key health indicators for older adults
related to health status, health behaviors, preventive care and screening,
and injuries.
Page last reviewed: July 8, 2009
Page last modified: August 25, 2009
Content source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
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