Key points
CDC collaborates with national organizations and state partners across the United States to improve the quality of life of people with arthritis.
National organizations
CDC works with national organizations to promote lifestyle management programs, joint-friendly physical activity, and other activities to improve health and well-being for adults with arthritis. These include:
- Arthritis Foundation
- National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
- National Recreation and Park Association
- Osteoarthritis Action Alliance
- SOPHE
- Y-USA
Find out more about some of the Funded National Arthritis Partners that CDC supports and a cooperative agreement that unites them in their efforts.
States
CDC works with and funds the following 12 states to:
a) Build infrastructure to promote physical activity and other lifestyle management programs for people with arthritis.
b) Increase arthritis awareness, physical activity assessment, counseling, and referrals for arthritis management among health care providers who treat patients with arthritis.
These 12 states include:
- Iowa—Iowa State University of Science and Technology
- Michigan—Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Minnesota—Minnesota Department of Public Health and Services
- Montana—Montana of Department of Public Health and Human Services
- New Hampshire—New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
- Oklahoma—Oklahoma State Department of Health
- Oregon—Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division
- North Carolina—University of North Carolina at Asheville
- Utah—Utah Department of Health and Human Services
- Vermont—Vermont Department of Health
- Virginia—Virginia Department of Health
- West Virginia—West Virginia University Research Corporation
Find out more about CDC's cooperative agreement that supports these 12 Funded State Arthritis Partners.