The New Prevention Fund

Arizona and the New Prevention Fund:
An Investment in the Future Health of America

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) included the creation of a Prevention Fund – to provide communities around the country with more than $16 billion over the next 10 years to invest in effective, provide prevention efforts, like childhood obesity prevention and tobacco cessation.

Arizona is receiving «Total Amt» from the Prevention Fund this year to reduce disease rates in the state and help ensure today’s children are not the first generation in U.S. history to live shorter, less healthy lives than their parent.

Preventing disease and injury is the most effective, common-sense way to improve health in the United States. Too often, however, we focus on treating disease and injury after they occur instead of preventing them – providing sick care instead of health care.

The ACA and the Prevention Fund give us the opportunity to turn that around – and provides the opportunity for all Americans to be as healthy as they can be.

Prevention Fund Grants Amount Description
Communities Putting Prevention to Work $15.8 Million*
  • The Tucson Padres have teamed up with Pima County’s CPPW program, offering new ways for fans to make healthy choices while enjoying baseball games at Kino Stadium. In the coming weeks, the Tucson Padres will provide opportunities for fans to taste test healthy food choices such as fresh vegetables, grilled chicken, and baked chips. Announcements during the games will call attention to the new healthier eating options that are available. To complement the new healthy food choices, the Padres have also implemented a new “get up and move”” promo during the 7th inning stretch. Fans are encouraged to dance and move. There is also a physical activity initiative that will encourage patrons to walk the stadium before
Public Health Infrastructure during or after the game.
  • CPPW and community teams in Pima County have identified and completed installation of nine community gardens in low-income neighborhoods at high risk for obesity
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    Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases with more than 15 additional garden i «ELCdes»
    ARRA evaluation (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System) «BRFSS$» «BRFSSdes»
    HIV Laboratory «HIVLabAmt» «HIVLabdes»
    HIV Testing «HIVtestAmt» «HIVtestdes»
    HIV Planning «HIVPlanAmt» «HIVPlandes»
    Emerging Infections Program «EIPAmt» «EIPdes»
    Capacity Building Grants «COMAmt» «COMdes»
    Tobacco Prevention «TOBACCO$» «TOBACCOdes»
    Health Care Surveillance «SURVAmt» «SURVdes»
    Workforce «WORKAmt» «WORKdes»
    Training Centers—HRSA «TRNCNT$» «TRNCNTdes»
    Primary care and Behavioral Health Services «SAMSHA$» «SAMSHAdes»

    *One-Time Funding from FY2010

    Trust for America’s Health is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to saving lives by protecting the health of every community and working to make disease prevention a national priority. www.healthyamericans.org

    The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing our country. As the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the health and health care of all Americans, the Foundation works with a diverse group of organizations and individuals to identify solutions and achieve comprehensive, meaningful and timely change. For more than 35 years the Foundation has brought experience, commitment, and a rigorous, balanced approach to the problems that affect the health and health care of those it serves. Helping Americans lead healthier lives and get the care they need–the Foundation expects to make a difference in our lifetime. For more information, visit www.rwjf.org.

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