Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) is a national initiative to prevent chronic disease and promote health through policy, systems and environment changes. King County is one of 55 sites throughout the United States awarded grant funding through the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). The initiative is tackling obesity and tobacco use, the leading causes of preventable death in our region.
CPPW background In spring 2010, Public Health - Seattle & King County was awarded two highly-competitive federal stimulus grants to address the leading causes of death in our region as part of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW).
Who's involved? Learn more about our partners working on tobacco and obesity prevention.
What we are learning from CPPW The CPPW initiative gives us an opportunity to improve the way we work with community partners to bring about lasting policy and environmental change.
