Washoe County Chronic Disease Coalition
Jessie Venegas
— 11/01/2009
The Washoe County Chronic Disease Coalition was founded in 2005 and is Northern Nevada’s only collaborative of agencies dedicated to the prevention and control of chronic disease.
Their mission is to:
• Heighten the community’s awareness of chronic diseases and their risk factors;
• Improve the community’s access to chronic disease resources, including data, education, and health care services; and
• Promote the healthy lifestyle choices that prevent chronic disease (i.e., healthy eating, active living, and being tobacco free). The Coalition is a group of diverse agencies that represents all segments of the public health system.
Fragility, pluripathology/polipathology and/or complex chronic diseases
- Goals Prevention:
- Funding for detection programs , Promotes adecuate understanding levels on the community about the importance of prevention
- Goals Detection:
- Advances public education on the importance of early detection , Shows new evidence on the importance of early detection, including guidelines of effective practices , Provides registries and patients contact systems , Promotes early intervention through primary health care measures
- Goals Treatment:
- Develop basic elements for an integrated health system , Provides support health policies to facilitate the planning and integration at locally and regionally , Strengthens cooperative local groups to provide integral services , Improving access to health services across the entire spectrum, from prevention to treatment , Ensures the best quality of health services , Promotes the training of health professionals , It facilitates the management by processes , Emphasizes the care of pluri-pathological and fragile patients , Promotes electronic health information systems to improve the quality of care
- Goals self-management:
- Refocuses the health system to support self-management , Promotes patient involvement in planning services , Improving support services with an emphasis on peer support, the disabled and carers , Allows remote support to patients and their carers from health professionals
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1/01/2005
Progress
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Nevada
Nevada
Reno
1001 East. 9th Street, Suite B-170, P.O.Box 11130
89520-0027
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