Chronic Disease Prevention and Control

The Chronic Disease Prevention and Control (CDPC) Section is committed to achieving true improvements in people's health through healthy personal behaviors. Improved quality of life and extended years of healthy living for NH residents are the overall outcomes for all activities undertaken through CDPC programs and services.

To accomplish this CDPC partners with health and education agencies, community health centers, local and national voluntary agencies and associations, the private sector, and federal agencies. The programs which make up the CDPC include the following:

• The Asthma Program, designed to control asthma from a public health perspective and focused on asthma prevention;
• The Diabetes Education Program, designed to prevent or delay the onset of diabetes-related health problems by improving quality of care at community health centers and primary care providers;
• The Let No Woman Be Overlooked - Breast and Cervical Cancer Program, which offers eligible participants screening services including health exams, mammography, and Pap smears.

The CDPC also works with other partners in New Hampshire to control other forms of cancer.