Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Programs Encourage
Georgians to improve the quality of their lives by achieving
healthy lifestyles, creating healthful environments, and
preventing chronic disease, disability, and premature death.
Improve the quality of life for all Georgians through better
health. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Programs
implement population based programs and services aimed at
reducing disease risks, promoting healthy youth development,
targeting unhealthy behaviors, providing access to early
detection and treatment services, and improving management of
chronic diseases. Targeted risk behaviors include smoking,
physical inactivity, unhealthy eating, lack of preventive
healthcare, sexual violence, and reducing risky behaviors in
youth. There are five key action areas for the work of health
promotion: - Build healthy public policy; - Create environments
that support and promote health; - Strengthen community action
for health; - Develop personal skills; and - Re-orient health s