HH Secretary Tommy G Thompson has a...

HH Secretary Tommy G Thompson has announced the "Step to a HealthierUS: Putting Prevention First," health initiative that stresse the importance of prevention and promising approaches for promoting healthy environments. The initiative will focus onward reducing the major health weight created by obesity, asthma, diabetes, heart disease, pat and cancer. The program will be based forward personal responsibility for the health choices of Americans and social responsibility to make secure that policy makers support programs that help forward healthy behaviors and prevent disease. A total of $15 million of funding will support innovative and effective community-based chronic disease prevention and have the direction of programs. These new programs will concentrate in succession high-risk populations such as racial and ethnic minorities, the somewhat old youth, and people with disabilities. The HH also released a "Prevention Portfolio" that includes three publications designed to guide community leaders, policy makers, and health officials in making their communities healthier. The three titles are, "The Power of Prevention," "Prevention Strategies That Work," and "Prevention Programs in Action." These publications and additional information forward the Steps to a HealthierUS initiative are available online at www.HealthierUS.gov/steps.

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