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Download the Workout To Go! guide for Alaskans (pdf 1.5mb)

• Alaska Obesity Facts: Breastfeeding in Alaska (2013)
  

  • Go to the Obesity Prevention and Control Program publication page for more factsheets and information~

• Keeping the Promise: A Tobacco Free Generation
  Annual Report FY 2012
  

• Go to: http://dhss.alaska.gov/dph/Chronic/Pages/Tobacco/default.aspx for more info about the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program.

• Chronicles Volume 5, Issue 1: Changes to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Methodology: Rationale and Application in Alaska (2013)
  
• Alaska Cancer Survivorship Resource Plan (2013)
  
• Go to: http://dhss.alaska.gov/dph/Chronic/Pages/Cancer/comprehensive.aspx for more info about Comprehensive Cancer Control Program.
  

About the Section

 Vision: Healthy and Safe Alaskans.

  Mission: To identify and advance the conditions that lead to
  safe and healthy lives for Alaskans.

To achieve our mission and vision the Section of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion seeks to improve the health and well being of all Alaskans by:

• monitoring behavioral risk factors and chronic diseases through the collection, interpretation, and dissemination of surveillance data;
• educating the public and health professionals;
• collaborating with communities and other partners in the planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based strategies and interventions;
• advocating for the prevention and control of chronic diseases; and
• promoting healthy lifestyle decisions.