Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
The American Medical Association (AMA) supports the Million Hearts national initiative to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes by 2017.
The AMA will continue to develop and disseminate physicians' clinical resources related to the prevention and treatment of public health issues, such as obesity, alcohol and other drug abuse, and violence prevention.
AMA Healthier Life Steps™ Program
This program provides background information and resources to support a physician-patient partnership to improve four key health behaviors: diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption, and tobacco use. CME credit is available.
Obesity
The AMA is working to halt the spread of obesity, which kills more Americans every year than AIDS, all cancers and all accidents combined.
Community Health Leadership
Community leadership is one way for physicians to promote policies that support healthier lifestyles and communities for their patients.
Geriatric health
The AMA's program on Aging and Community Health addresses topics of geriatric health such as older driver safety, caregiver health and dementia.
Alcohol and other drug abuse
Initiatives to reduce underage alcohol abuse.
Smoking and tobacco control
AMA smoking cessation and other tobacco control activities are housed in the Office of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Abuse Prevention.
Roadmaps for Clinical Practice series
The Roadmaps for Clinical Practice Series assists physicians in integrating disease prevention and health promotion into routine clinical care.
