The Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative

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CDPI is an initiative intended to prevent chronic disease in Manitoba.  CDPI projects are community initiated, planned and led.

CDPI programs address the three major risk factors that lead to chronic disease: smoking, physical inactivity and unhealthy eating. CDPI supports people to live smoke-free, encourages healthy eating and promotes active living. Participating communities design programs to address the risk factors that affect their community.

CDPI is a five-year demonstration project jointly funded by Manitoba Health and Healthy Living and the Public Health Agency of Canada to March 2010. CDPI is implemented in 10 Regional Health Authorities in Manitoba involving 83 communities including 21 First Nation and 7 Métis communities. Approximately 330,000 Manitobans are being reached through CDPI.

CDPI projects are:

• Grassroots: Community members identify, initiate and lead projects.
• Evidence-informed: Evidence is used to plan and design each project and to measure its effectiveness.
• Integrated: CDPI aligns and blends with existing programs to add value and enhance their reach.
• Focused: Projects target priorities or disadvantaged populations as identified by communities.
• Sustainable: Strong partnerships and community ownership promote lasting effects.

Why focus on preventing chronic disease?
Chronic diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, cancer, heart disease and stroke, kidney and lung disease are major causes of illness, disability and death in Manitoba. Six out of ten Canadians are living with at least one chronic disease. Chronic diseases are the leading causes of death in Canada.

Prevention is our best option for fighting chronic disease.