Departmento de Salud Country Resources General Health Strategies and Plans Puerto Rico 2014 Policy document

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El Plan de Acción sobre la Prevención de Enfermedades Crónicas de Puerto Rico para los años 2014-2020. Este Plan ilustra cómo las enfermedades crónicas afectan significativamente la vida de las personas que viven con estas condiciones y aquellas que están en riesgo de desarrollarlas. El Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico reconoce que la base de este Plan es lograr que nuestra población sea una saludable, y que nuestros esfuerzos de salud pública se dirijan a facilitar un mejor acceso a servicios de salud adecuados y a entornos que promuevan conductas proactivas y saludables, como una alimentación sana y actividad física.

The Action Plan on the Prevention of Chronic Diseases for Puerto Rico for the years 2014-2020 illustrates how chronic diseases significantly affect the lives of people living with these conditions and those who are at risk of developing them. The Puerto Rico Department of Health recognizes that the basis of this Plan is to achieve a healthy population, and our public health efforts are aimed at facilitating better access to appropriate health services, environments that promote proactive and healthy behaviours, like healthy eating and physical activity. This plan includes cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, asthma, arthritics and Alzheimer’s disease among others. The Plan is designed to provide a common framework for strategies for action in four key domains: epidemiology and surveillance, health systems, clinic and community links, and strategies that support and reinforce healthy behaviors.

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