Author : Susan B. Toal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2000-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0756700426
National Arthritis Action Plan by Susan B. Toal Pdf
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.