What You Can Do
You are the public in "public health." CDC can do the research, provide tools and information, and make the recommendations for sensible policies that help Americans make the smart choice the easy choice. But a healthy lifestyle is built from the hundreds of daily choices that we each, as individuals, make every day. And no one lives in a vacuum – our choices affect our families, our friends and our communities. So today and every day, you can choose to:
- Improve Health in Your Community
- Find Your State Health Department
- Find Your Community Health Resources
- Eat healthy foods and drink enough water
- Stay active
- Wash your hands
- Get vaccinated against common, preventable diseases
- Create an emergency readiness kit and plan
- Work with your neighbors to help create healthy communities and safe schools
- Avoid foodborne illness and outbreaks
- Connect with CDC on social media
- Learn how CDC is investing in your state
Learn more about CDC and Public Health
- CDC Vital Signs offers recent data and calls to action for important public health issues.
- CDC Public Health Grand Rounds is a monthly webcast created to foster discussion on major public health issues.
- CDC's Winnable Battles are public health priorities with large-scale impact on health and with known, effective strategies to address them.
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