The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) is a public health association for chronic disease program directors of each state and U.S. territory. Since its founding in 1988, NACDD has been a national leader in the effort to reduce chronic diseases by mobilizing its members to advocate for preventive policies and programs, encourage knowledge sharing and develop model partnerships for health promotion through state and community-based prevention strategies.
 
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The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) is a national public health association for chronic disease program directors of each state and U.S. territory. Founded in 1988, NACDD links together more than 1,400 members to advocate for preventive policies and programs, encourage knowledge sharing and develop partnerships for health promotion. Since its founding, NACDD has been a national leader in mobilizing efforts to reduce chronic diseases and their associated risk factors through state and community-based prevention strategies.

NACDD helps to support state efforts by:

• Providing educational and training opportunities for our members
• Developing legislative analyses, materials, policy statements and other resources
• Educating policymakers about the importance of funding for state chronic disease prevention and control efforts
• Providing technical assistance and mentoring to state public health practitioners
• Developing partnerships and collaboration with public health and scientific communities, health care providers, federal agencies, universities and the private sector to pursue common goals
• Advocating for the use of epidemiological approaches in chronic disease services planning and chronic disease data

In 2007, NACDD was selected by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to support local health departments through ACHIEVE (Action Communities for Health, Innovation, and EnVironmental changE). Along with YMCA of the USA, NACDD collaborates with CDC through the ACHIEVE program to enhance local communities’ abilities to develop and implement policy, systems, and environmental change strategies that will help prevent or manage health-risk factors for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, obesity, and arthritis.

For more information, please visit: www.chronicdisease.org



Further information about NACDD and benefits of membership is available on this site.

NACDD Honors and Awards
NACDD Call Calendar