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Deborah J. Fox, MPH1, Sydney Pettygrove, PhD2, Christopher Cunniff, MD3, Leslie A. O'Leary, PhD4, Suzanne M.

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 on the very latest in chronic disease prevention, research findings, public health interventions, and the exploration of new theories and concepts.

This video talks about the study to explore early development (SEED). Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://www.cdc.gov/NCBDDD/video/autism/WhatIsSEED/index.html

In this digital story, Dena discusses her HIV diagnosis in 1991 during college and living with HIV as a mom. She urges young people to talk and share information about HIV. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Let's Stop HIV Together national HIV awareness and anti-stigma campaign features the stories of individuals living with HIV and the steps they are taking to encourage others in the fight against HIV. Join the conversation on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ActAgainstAIDS. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=3b327fe6dd06664b7080cf7689fcec9320120712102107765

Through PEPFAR funding, CDC provides support for HIV care and treatment in over 1,300 HIV/ART clinics in resource-limited countries, primarily in Africa. CDC has recognized that in some countries guidelines for infection control related to Tuberculosis, have not yet been translated to facility level action. This video is part of an implementation package developed to address that need. It is based on the WHO Policy on TB Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities, Congregate Settings and Households (2009) and emphasizes basic, simple activities that can be performed at the facility level to begin implementation of TB infection control. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/video/tb/tb.htm

In this Director's Briefing video, CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden talks about this month's Vital Signs, which reports that about 23 million adults (ages 50-75) have not gotten the life-saving tests they need to find colon cancer early. Testing is important. Every year, more than 50,000 Americans die from colon cancer -- yet testing could have found precancerous growths and saved lives. There are different types of screening tests, and people are encouraged to talk with their doctor about which test is right for them. The best test is the test that gets done. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=d55c30c1c09dba8b5ee32a7103ab317c20131104092453606

It has been 10 years since the global outbreak of SARS, which killed hundreds of people and cost tens of billions of dollars. In this Director's Briefing video, CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden talks about how we have made progress in disease detection since SARS; however, we remain at risk from global health threats, including emerging and drug-resistant microbes. Next-generation tools like molecular sequencing and bioinformatics can help us rapidly identify and stop these killer microbes before they spread, but we must act now. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=d70dfef016f95fc859f98b407aa3cc6520130312132525611

CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden talks about how heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death for people -- including Hispanics -- in the U.S. Million Hearts is a national initiative that has set an ambitious goal to prevention one million heart attacks and strokes by 2017. As a partner, CDC is pleased to announce many new materials and a website in Spanish that can help people improve their heart health: http://millionhearts.hhs.gov/. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=17464e4eb47d0770a609a2dfe5e2c2c520130213170449225

CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden talks about the one million patients who will get an infection each year in the course of receiving medical care. These infections not only cause preventable illness and death, but they also cost the healthcare system billions of dollars. The good news is that by utilizing CDC prevention guidelines, healthcare facilities can protect patients and save lives. Today, nearly all hospital and dialysis centers in the county are using CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network to better track and prevent healthcare-associated infections. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=d5c251fd71278fae32eac99872060a7020130208092959485

As the nation's health protection agency, CDC is on the lookout 24/7 for health threats from new or drug-resistant microbes. In this Director's Briefing video, CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden talks about how advanced-molecular detection (AMD) tools such as molecular sequencing and bioinformatics are revolutionizing CDC's approach towards investigating and controlling disease outbreaks. These next generation tools will help CDC find and stop killer microbes before they spread -- protecting Americans from a "perfect storm" of increasing disease threats -- but only if we move forward with these new technologies now. Learn more at http://www.cdc.gov/AMD/. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=27aa7f01b739e45ce7aca2ea1ca571d320130410140245043

This month's Vital Signs (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/) reports health care providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for painkillers in 2012, enough for every American adult to have a bottle of pills. Higher prescribing of painkillers is associated with more overdose deaths. The report also has examples of states that reversed its overdose trend. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=428e26790e7e42390fc3955d1e57fadc20140630134915375

Dr. Susan Kegeles of the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at the University of California-San Francisco discusses how staff of agencies serving young gay/bisexual men of color need to convey messages that urge program participants to protect people they care about and the community, and not just look out only for oneself. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=2807391d55a41d8d7609651f60de784020121125165916703

Greg Rebchook from the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at the University of California-San Francisco discusses why HIV prevention program staff must teach young men to be self-reflective about their own HIV risk behaviors. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod.php?id=80681f6596430b382382cb0f9f4f0ceb20121124115943718

The North Carolina Granville-Vance District Health Department used The Community Guide to address chronic disease and obesity in their community. Community Preventive Services Task Force recommendations used: Creation of or enhanced access to places for physical activity combined with informational outreach; both Community-scale and Street-scale urban design and land use policies; Transportation and travel policies and practices. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://streaming.cdc.gov/vod2.php?id=343cdd19d44ba4522455783b4b75266d20120614134734078