National Arthritis Action Plan: A Public Health Strategy

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Year: 1999
Pages: 58
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 0756700426

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Susan B. Toal (au); Phyllis L. Moir (ed). This Plan is intended to guide the use & organization of our nation’s health resources to combat arthritis, the greatest single cause of chronic pain & disability. Focuses on three areas -- surveillance, epidemiology, & prevention research; communications & education; & program, policies, & systems -- which are proposed to stimulate & strengthen a national coordinated effort for reducing the occurrence of arthritis & its accompanying disability. The Plan’s aims are: increase public awareness; prevent arthritis; promote early diagnosis & appropriate management for people with arthritis; minimize pain & disabilities; & ensure that patients receive the family, peer, & community support they need.

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