CDC

Parent organization:

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

• cabinet level department of U.S. federal government
• enhance & protect the health and well-being of all Americans
• founded in 1953
• Headquarters: Washington, D.C.
• 79, 540 employees as of 2015

The CDC is:

• the leading national public health institute of the United States.
• a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services
• headquartered near Atlanta, Georgia

• Facilities in 10 additional locations in the U.S.
• More than 12,000 employees in nearly 150 occupations
• Field staff work in all 50 states, DC, Guam, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and more than 120 countries
• CDC’s budget in 2017: $7.2 billion (“CDC,” 2017)

As you can see, the chart to the left displays all of the areas in the CDC. The organization consists of 27 different offices each with their own specialties and degrees of knowledge. There is a total of 15+ different degrees and certifications this group holds alone. These include MSPH, PhD, MPH, MA, JD, MD, LLM, MBA, RADM, USPHS, MHCDS, FACP, RET, and CIH.

The CDC is dedicated to protecting individuals on the national level. With that said, the entire United States of America is under their watchful eye. This can be a challenge because America is a mixing bowl full of different cultures, belief systems, and medical backgrounds.

The office of Program Performance and Evaluation seeks to increase the impact and effectiveness of public health programs through innovation and sound program design and the use of performance and evaluation data for continuous improvement. This helps the CDC continue to include the following programs:

• Occupational Safety and Health
• State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support
• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Infectious Diseases
• HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
• Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
• Minority Health and Health Equity
• Noncommunicable Diseases, Injury and Environmental Health
• Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
• Injury Prevention and Control
• Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Tiffany Cooper

Ann Sabiniano

Jessica Strothers

Key facts

Key Facts

CDC’S TOP 10 PUBLIC HEALTH ACHIEVEMENTS

CDC is extremely important to the public for a variety of reasons,

• The CDC is ready 24/7 to respond to any natural or man made event.
• By connecting state and local health departments across the U.S., CDC can discover patterns of disease and respond when needed.
• CDC can deliver lifesaving medicines from the Strategic National Stockpile to anywhere in the U.S. in 12 hours or less.
• Good decision-making on health depends on the right information. CDC monitors health, informs decision makers, and provides people with information so they can take responsibility for their own health.
• Local and state labs must be able to safely detect and respond to health threats in order to prevent premature death, injury, and disease. CDC trains and guides state and local public health lab partners.

• Immunizations
• Motor vehicle safety
• Workplace safety
• Control of infectious diseases (which includes immunizations)
• Declines in deaths from heart disease and stroke
• Safer and healthier foods
• Healthier mothers and babies
• Family planning
• Fluoridation of drinking water to prevent dental caries (cavities)
• Reduction of tobacco use

CDC’s GOALS

HOW ACHIEVEMENTS WERE MADE

Mission

CDC Organization

• Improve health security at home and around the world
• Save lives and safeguard communities from health threats
• Better prevent the leading causes of illness, injury, disability, and death
• Build a strong, efficient, and effective public health system that improves health and lowers health care costs
• Strengthen Public Health and Health Care Collaboration

• Helped introduce new vaccines preventing approximately 42,000 deaths and 20 million cases of disease, with net savings of nearly $14 billion in direct costs and $69 billion in total societal costs.
• CDC data have helped states implement primary seat belt laws, child safety seat legislation, and safer licensing laws for young drivers.
• CDC programs help reduce infections in healthcare settings, cutting some life-threatening infections by a third or more.
• CDC improved the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease by standardizing measurement of cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides in U.S. clinical laboratories

CDC's Role

CDC’s Center, Institute, and Offices (CIOs) allow the agency to be more responsive and effective when dealing with public health concerns. Each group implements CDC′s response in their areas of expertise, while also providing intra-agency support and resource-sharing for cross-cutting issues and specific health threats. With this said, each individual office holds their own mission statements, this allows these areas the ability to focus on how their jobs contribute to the entire process.

CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same.

• Detecting & responding to new and emerging health treats
• Tackling the biggest health problems
• Putting science & advanced technology into action
• Promoting healthy & safe behaviors
• Developing leaders
• Training the pubic health workforce
• Taking the health pulse of the nation

For the full list of each area and their individual mission statement, click here: https://www.cdc.gov/maso/officialmissionstatementscharts.html

HOW TO ACCOMPLISH GOALS

HOW ACHIEVEMENTS WERE MADE (continued)

Organization

CDC's Impact on Public Health

The CDC is our nations leading public health agency. Everything the CDC does is dedicated to protecting the United States first. With that said, public health is not just a national job, it stretches beyond borders to protect against illnesses that americans may face everyday in our diverse areas.

• To accomplish mission and goals, CDC conducts critical science and provides health information that protects our nation against expensive and dangerous health threats, and responds when these arise.
• Reduce injury by educating the public and providing guidance on what people can do to keep safe.

• CDC provided data to the Food and Drug Administration to help inform FDA’s regulatory review of antibiotics associated with the risk of birth defects when used in early pregnancy
• CDC support helped 26 million Americans reduce exposure to cancer- and heart disease causing chemicals in tobacco smoke through expansion of smoke-free workplaces, restaurants, bars, and other public places
• CDC released the first Prevention Status Report for each state, with information on the leading causes of death and disability, which helps state health officials identify key public health practice and policy improvements needed in their state
• CDC leads public health efforts to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities and environmental health threats

Global Health - detect, prevent, respond

• Coordination: works closely with the government and partner nations to achieve the goal of preventing avoidable epidemics, detecting threats early, and rapidly and effectively responding
• Technical support: helps partner nations meet global health security goals to prevent, detect, and respond by leveraging existing investments and relationships in global health (“CDC’s,”2014)

Traveler’s Health – help to reduce illness & injury traveling internationally or living abroad (“Travelers’ Health,”2015)

FUTURE ROLE IN U.S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

• CDC is helping to build a strong, efficient, and effective public health system that improves health and lowers future health care cost in the U.S.
• CDC’s expertise in preparedness, rapid detection, and response will save lives and safeguard communities from health threats in the future.
• CDC improved and will continue to improve emergency preparedness by maintaining America’s Strategic National Stockpile and developing faster, more efficient ways to deliver lifesaving medicines and supplies to all parts of the country during public health emergencies

References

About CDC 24-7. (2014, April 14). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/about/organization/mission.htm

Bloland, P. (2012). The Role of Public Health Institutions in Global Health System Strengthening Efforts: The US CDC’s Perspective. Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/dphswd/pdf/global-perspective.pdf

About CDC 24-7. (2017, November 07). Retrieved November 17, 2017, from https://www.cdc.gov/about/organization/cio.htm

CDC At-A-Glance . (2017, July 7). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/about/facts/cdcfastfacts/cdcfacts.html

CDC. (n.d). 2009–2012 Accomplishments. CDC: Saving lives and Protecting People. Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/about/pdf/cdc-recent-accomplishments.pdf

CDC's Role in Global Health Security . (2014, December 23). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/security/cdcrole.htm

Our History- Our Story . (2015, July 22). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/about/history/ourstory.htm

Travelers' Health. (2015, August). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dgmq/pdf/thb-fact-sheet.pdf

Wellness, B. (2017). CDC: The Top 10 Public Health Achievements in the 20th Century. Retrieved from: http://www.berkeleywellness.com/healthy-community/health-care-policy/article/cdcs-top-10-public-health-achievements-20th-century

What is Public Health? (n.d.). Retrieved November 17, 2017, from https://www.cdcfoundation.org/what-public-health