Tools For Arthritis Partners
CDC’s works with many partners to increase education, awareness, and research about arthritis and improve arthritis and quality of life. Partners can find tools and information for state and national arthritis programs in this section.
Recognized and Promising Programs
CDC recognizes several evidence-based physical activity and self-management education programs that are proven to improve the quality of life for adults with arthritis. Some of these community-based programs are also available in Spanish.
Learn about the programs that CDC recognizes or considers promising.
Campaigns and Communications
CDC has developed communication materials and evidence-based public awareness campaigns to promote physical activity and self-management education as useful ways to manage arthritis.
- Physical Activity. The Arthritis Pain Reliever. campaign
- Buenos días, artritis campaign
- Arthritis Communications Center
- Key Public Health Messages
Marketing and Support for Arthritis Programs
CDC has developed a variety of tools to support the dissemination and implementation of proven interventions.
Marketing Tools
- Spread the Word: Marketing Self-Management Education Through Ambassador Outreach
- The 1.2.3 Approach to Provider Outreach
Background Information
Resources
- Physical Activity Program Referral Materials and Fact Sheets for Physical Therapists and their Patients with Arthritis
- National Association of Chronic Disease Directors’ AAEBI Resources
Public Health Professionals and Health Care Provider Outreach
Public health professionals and health care providers play an important role in arthritis management.
- Exercise is Medicine
- The 1.2.3 Approach to Provider Outreach
- MMWR/Medscape Continuing Education Unit on Common Physical Activities
- MMWR/Medscape Continuing Education Unit on Arthritis and Arthritis-Attributable Activity Limitation Prevalence.
- National Association of Chronic Disease Directors’ AAEBI Resources
Policy Information and Reports
CDC and partners have developed information to describe or guide public health activities addressing arthritis.
- Arthritis Policy Resources
- A National Public Health Agenda for Osteoarthritis: 2020 Update [PDF – 3MB]
- A National Public Health Agenda for Osteoarthritis: 2010 [PDF – 330MB]
- Healthy People
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Statistical Brief: Arthritis Module, 2021-2023 [PDF – 844 KB]
The following information is useful in planning or managing CDC cooperative agreements.
- CDC Funding
- Budget, Grants and Funding—Public Health Professionals Gateway
- GrantSolutions
- Grants.gov
- Department of Health and Human Services Payment Management System, Program Support Center
CDC-Funded Arthritis Program Partners and Past Notice of Funding Announcements (NOFO)
CDC has trainings and fellowship programs for a variety of public health topics.
CDC has developed several resources that can be used to plan or evaluate public health programs.
- Framework for Program Evaluation
- State Plan Index: A Tool for Assessing the Quality of State Public Health Plans
- Program Performance and Evaluation Office (PPEO)
CDC Surveillance Resources for State Program Evaluation
CDC routinely monitors and reports on arthritis data trends and topics.
- Arthritis Data and Statistics
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
- Chronic Disease Indicators (CDI) Interactive Database
- National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Questionnaires and Datasets
- PLACES is an online tool that allows you to view, search, and download data that provide arthritis prevalence estimates by county, place (incorporated and census designated places), census tract, and Zip Code Tabulation Area.
*The map application is not accessible for all users and will not display in Internet Explorer. Please visit the PLACES Data Portal to view, search, filter, and download data.