National Health Initiatives, Strategies & Action Plans

A collection of national public health initiatives, strategies, and action plans covering topics like chronic disease, emergency preparedness, and health disparities. The material can guide the development of local plans and prioritizes public health efforts addressing the nation's health challenges.

About these resources

This section presents a collection of national public health initiatives, strategies, and action plans, categorized by health topics. These documents are crafted by expert groups and stakeholders, setting strategic priorities to tackle the most significant health challenges faced by the nation.

These resources are valuable for creating state or local plans, prioritizing public health activities, guiding funding proposals, and generating materials that align with national public health objectives.

For more details on guidelines or recommendations issued by the CDC, its federal advisory committees, or those developed in collaboration with other organizations or agencies, please visit Guidelines and Recommendations.

Alzheimer's Disease

• National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease
• Healthy Aging in Action: Advancing the National Prevention Strategy 2018
• The Healthy Brain Initiative: A National Public Health Road Map to Maintaining Cognitive Health

Chronic Disease

• National Action Plan for Cancer Survivorship: Advancing Public Health Strategies
• National Public Health Agenda for Osteoarthritis 2020

Cross-Cutting Topics

• 6|18 Initiative: Accelerating Evidence into Action
• Healthy People 2030
• HI-5: Health Impact in 5 Years
• National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy
  • CDC's Health Literacy Action Plan
  • CDC's Health Literacy Site (includes action plan)

  Emergency Preparedness & Response

  • Global Health Security Agenda
  • National Health Security and Implementation Plan 2023-2026
  • National Health Security Strategy 2023-2026
  • National Pandemic Strategy
  • National Biodefense Strategy and Implementation Plan 2022

  Environmental Health

  • Federal Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposures and Associated Health Impacts
  • President's Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children
  • Coordinated Federal Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Asthma Disparities