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Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal established by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. PCD provides an open exchange of information and knowledge among researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and others who strive to improve the health of the public through chronic disease prevention.

Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal established by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. PCD provides an open exchange of information and knowledge among researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and others who strive to improve the health of the public through chronic disease prevention.

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recently posted new information about two recommendations: 1) "Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Interventions for Improved Blood Pressure Control — When Used Alone," available at http://www.thecommunityguide.org/cvd/SMBP-alone.

October 24 is World Polio Day, which recognizes the global progress made against a disease that at its height crippled over 100 children per week and now has been reduced to fewer than 100 cases per year. World Polio Day serves as a reaffirmation of the global commitment to eradicate this childhood disease.

On October 29, 2015, for World Stroke Day, the World Stroke Organization will continue its global campaign around women and stroke. More women than men die from stroke each year (1). Stroke is the second leading cause of death in persons aged greater than 60 years and the third leading cause of disability-adjusted life years (years of life lost because of disability or early death) worldwide (2,3).

Please note: An erratum has been published for this article. To view the erratum, please click here.

Recommendations for routine use of vaccines in children, adolescents, and adults are developed by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). ACIP is chartered as a federal advisory committee to provide expert external advice and guidance to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on use of vaccines and related agents for the control of vaccine-preventable diseases in the civilian population of the United States. Recommendations for routine use of vaccines in children and adolescents are harmonized to the greatest extent possible with recommendations made by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).

Chukwuma Mbaeyi, DDS1; Akif Saatcioglu, MD2; Rudolf H. Tangermann, MD2; Stephen Hadler, MD3; Derek Ehrhardt, MPH, MSN1.

Donald R. Hopkins, MD1; Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, PhD1; Mark L. Eberhard, PhD2; Sharon L.

Meningococcal vaccine info for parents, public, and healthcare professionals