Delaware Council on Health Promotion
and Disease Prevention (CHPDP)
On May 20, 2010, Delaware Governor Jack Markell issued Executive Order 19 creating a Council on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. The Council is charged "to advise the Governor and Executive Branch state agencies on the development and coordination of strategies, policies, programs and other actions statewide to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent chronic and lifestyle-related disease."
The executive order calls for an assessment of the burden of lifestyle-related diseases in Delaware, a review of current recommendations and activities within state agencies and other organizations, and development of an "overarching statewide strategy" for promoting healthy lifestyles. Gov. Jack Markell appointed Dr. Sandra Hassink, director of the Nemours Childhood Obesity Initiative at the A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children, as Council chair. The Council includes cabinet secretaries, leaders of health organizations, legislators, and health professionals; and is staffed by the Division of Public Health. The Council began meeting in January of 2011, and issued it's first set of recommendations to Gov. Markell in December 2011.
Meetings are open to the public, and public testimony may be submitted prior to each meeting.
CHPDP Documents
- Building a Healthier Future: 2011 Recommendations of Council [PDF]
- Executive Order #19 [PDF]
- List of Council members [PDF]
- 2012 meeting schedule
- Minutes of Council meetings
Council Presentations and Resources
- PowerPoint Slides About "Outdoor Sussex" Project— presented at February 7, 2012, meeting [PDF]
- PowerPoint Slide Show: Final Interpretation of Concept Mapping [PDF]
- Public Testimony from the Delaware Dietetic Association [PDF]
- Testimonial About Effective Weight Loss [PDF]
- Brainstorming slide show from February 2011 meeting [PDF]
- Slide show from February 2011 meeting presenting outline for a Burden of Chronic Disease Report. [PDF]
- Annotated bibliography and resource list for Council members [PDF]
- Presentation about Concept Mapping, for Council planning [PDF]
- Data presentation about prevalence and costs of smoking, inactivity, and obesity in Delaware: Part 1 [PDF – large file]
- Data presentation about smoking, physical inactivity, and obesity in Delaware: Part 2, Current Programs [PDF]
- Public testimony: letter from Healthy Delawareans with Disabilities [PDF]
- Examples of current programs in Delaware using CDC MAPPS Strategy spreadsheet [PDF]
Resource Links
- Delaware Governor Jack Markell
- Delaware Behavioral Risk Factor Survey — data on lifestyle risk factors of adults
- Delaware Youth Risk Behavior Survey data — from the University of Delaware's DDATA website
- IMPACT Delaware Tobacco Prevention Coalition's 2011 Plan for a Tobacco-Free Delaware, A New Round in the Fight Against Tobacco [PDF] New!
- UD Center for Disabilities Studies Report: Disability and Health in Delaware: BRFSS 2009 Select Data [PDF] New!
- Delaware Cancer Consortium
- Get Up and Do Something Campaign
- Delaware Coalition to Promote Healthy Eating and Active Living (DE HEAL)
- Toolkit for a Healthy Delaware
- Get Up and Move Challenge — new challenge from the Delaware Center for Health Promotion and the News Journal
- U.S. National Physical Activity Plan
- Federal Nutrition Research and News Portal
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 [PDF]
- Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs
- Slide show from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about national obesity trends [PDF]
- Recommended Community Strategies and Measures to Prevent Obesity in the United States [PDF]
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