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SPOTLIGHT ON
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Preventing Chronic Disease Journal
The July issue of Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is now live. Don't
miss the articles about gestational diabetes in Los Angeles County, adult
tobacco use among racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., and the Community Health
Status Indicators Project.
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Dr. Kathleen E. Toomey, Director of CoCHP
Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D., M.P.H., is the director of the Coordinating
Center for Health Promotion (CoCHP).
The Coordinating Center for Health Promotion (CoCHP) was created as a
result of the changes in the landscape of public health. Today, many of the
leading causes of death and disability are preventable through lifestyle
modifications and better understanding of family history. To meet the needs
of these new challenges in the area of disabilities, chronic diseases, and
birth defects, CDC has strategically created Coordinating Centers that allow
the agency to be more responsive and effective when dealing with the public
whose health we protect.
Coordinating Centers like the Coordinating Center
for Health Promotion provide a dedicated focal point for innovations—new
activities such as the creation and advancement of health promotion in a
much more systematic way. Together, CoCHP is advancing a national health
promotion agenda that helps move CDC from a solely disease-specific approach
to the broadest concepts of health promotion and wellness.
Date last reviewed: June 24, 2008
Date last modified: June 24, 2008
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