The Guide to Preventive Health Services in the Hispanic Community is a directory of health promotion and disease prevention programs offered by agencies in the Chicago Hispanic community. The Guide makes use of the priority areas identified in Healthy People 2010 for health promotion and disease prevention. Health promotion refers to actions that people take in their individual lifestyles that have a positive effect on their health.
Programs related to health promotion include:
Exercise · Family Planning · General Health Promotion · Mental Health · Nutrition: General · Nutrition: Weight Reduction · Smoking Cessation · Stress Management · Substance Abuse: Alcohol · Substance Abuse: Drugs · Violence: Domestic and Child Abuse · Violence: Gangs

Disease prevention refers to clinical service directly intended to prevent or reduce the impact of chronic diseases, disabling conditions, and sexually transmitted diseases.

Programs related to disease prevention include the following:
Cancer Prevention · Diabetes Prevention and Control · Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention · HIV/AIDS and STD Prevention · Maternal and Infant Health

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