| | Name of Organization: | West Virginia Bureau for Public Health-Division of Health Promotion | | Contact Name: | Tom Sims, Division Director | | Address: | 350 Capitol Street, Room 319 | | City: | Charleston | | State: | WV | | Zip: | 25301 | | Phone #: | 304-558-0644 | | Fax #: | 304-558-1553 | | E-mail: | tomsims@wvdhhr.org | | Organization Type: | Government |  |
| | Mission of Organization: | Health Promotion/Disease Prevention | | Goals: | Mostly federally funded state programs to address CVH, Cancer, Diabetes, Obesity, Asthma, etc. | | Measure of effectiveness of program: | Against goals/objectives in work plans submitted to CDC | | Collaborators on this program: | Department of Education, Voluntary Orgs (e.g. ALA, AC and Universities, local health departments |  |
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| | Description of program: | Improve the health of West Virginians. | | Topic areas: | Nutrition, Physical Activity Programs | | Target population: | 18-59 yrs, 5-18 yrs, Female, Male | | Length of program's existence: | Since 1990 in its present form | | # of people reached annually: | Statewide - population based services, not one-on-one | | Is there a fee to participate: | No | | Web Site: | http://www.wvdhhr.org/wvbph |  |
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