Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, and Pulmonary Disease
Competitive Grant Program

Resources

• Amendment 35 report: Making a Difference in Colorado's Health  
  This is a very large PDF file and may require a high speed connection. This report presents successful outcomes by programs funded through CDPHE from January 2005 through June 2007.
• Moving Mountains:  Reversing Trends in Colorado's Health and Health Care Spending Through Investments in Chronic Disease Prevention (2006 Summary Report)
• Colorado Chronic Disease Indicators Report  (2006 technical report with statewide data on 92 chronic disease indicators)
• Commonly used acronyms

State Strategic Plans Related to Chronic Disease

Coordinated Chronic Disease State Plan: CDPHE is currently working with communities and state leaders to develop a chronic disease state plan. This plan will create a shared vision and agenda throughout a state and local system that links programs and initiatives working towards chronic disease prevention and health promotion. The target completion date for the state plan is August 2012.

• Center for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention + BRFSS Integrated Workplan 2009-2013
• State Plan for Cancer
• State Plan for Cardiovascular Disease
• State Plan for Asthma
• State Plan for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Recommendations from the Stroke Advisory Board
• Strategic Plan for Diabetes
• Colorado Physical Activity and Nutrition Plan
• Best Practices for Prevention and Intervention Services for Children & Youth

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Resources

For the general public:

• Chronic Disease Prevention Branch
• Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Program
• Colorado Asthma Program (no longer funded, but site still contains useful information)
• Colorado Diabetes Prevention and Control
• Colorado Physical Activity and Nutrition Program
• Comprehensive Cancer Program
• Office of Health Disparities
• Steps to a Healthier Colorado
• Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program
• Women's Wellness Connection

A related state program:

• Department of Health Care Policy and Financing 

Other Chronic Disease Resources

• The Guide to Community Preventive Services
• The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services; Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research
• HealthTeamWorks (formerly known as the Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative)  Resource for several national guidelines for prevention, screening and treatment of chronic disease
• Cochrane Collaborative
  Systematic reviews focused on the effects of healthcare interventions
• National Cancer Institute (NCI): Research-tested Intervention Programs (RTIPs)
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network
• National Guidelines for Asthma
   
  • Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (EPR-3) from the National Health Lung and Blood Institute / National Institutes of Health
  • Asthma Interventions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines
  
  Most of the guidelines are focused on evidence for treatment (medical and interventional). A few focus on dietary/lifestyle, and primary/secondary prevention. Includes grading of evidence.
• Centers for Disease Control WISEWOMAN (Well Integrated Screening and Evaluation)
• Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7)
  
  Provides an evidence based approach to the prevention and management of hypertension. Includes classification of evidence supporting recommendations (e.g. meta-analyses, Randomized Control Trials (RCT), etc.)
• Stanford Patient Education Research Center, Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP)
  
  Provides an evidence based model of patient education and chronic disease self-management. Offers a licensed curriculum.
• Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) from the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP)
  
  Summarizes recommendations derived from the evidence based full clinical guidelines for cholesterol management.
   
  •  Full Report published in 2002
  • 2004 Update