The CDC Arthritis Program is announcing the availability of fiscal year 2016 funds for a non-research funding opportunity announcement (FOA), CDC-RFA-DP16-1606 Advancing Arthritis Public Health Approaches through National Organizations, to reduce chronic disease morbidity and improve quality of life

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for people with arthritis.

This funding opportunity will support a 5-year cooperative agreement program addressing the “Healthy People 2020” focus areas of:
Access to Quality Health Services; Arthritis, Osteoporosis, and Chronic Back Conditions; Disability and Secondary Conditions; Educational and Community-Based Programs; Health Communication; and Physical Activity and Fitness (http://www.healthypeople.

gov/2020/topics-objectives).

Arthritis is an under-addressed, leading contributor to chronic disease and a top cause of morbidity, work limitations, and compromised quality of life.

Arthritis remains one of the nation’s most common causes of disability [1].

The disease affects 5 2. 5 million adults [2], more than half of whom are working aged (< 65), and is projected to affect 67 million adults by 2030 [3].

Arthritis is significant, not just because of its impact on function and quality of life, but also because it is associated with other chronic conditions that are leading causes of death, such as heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, and because it can interfere with the ability to effectively manage these conditions by its effects on limiting physical activity.

The rising number of adults with arthritis and associated activity limitations presents a critical public health problem that can be addressed, at least in part, by increasing awareness and dissemination of arthritis-appropriate, evidence-based physical activity and self-management education interventions (AAEBIs).

Reaching more people with these and other resources can help improve arthritis management and health-related quality of life.

The purpose of this FOA is to expand and sustain the dissemination and delivery of AAEBIs recommended by CDC for adults with arthritis (http://www.cdc.gov/arthritis/interventions/).

This FOA includes three Component areas and is intended to enhance the health, wellness, and quality of life of adults with arthritis and improve arthritis management and health outcomes.

Component 1 will focus on expanding the dissemination and delivery of AAEBIs and implementing environmental and policy strategies to support arthritis management and increased access to the AAEBIs.

Component 2 will support enhanced provision of arthritis-specific consumer health information.

Component 3 will facilitate collaborative public health action to address osteoarthritis.

An organization may apply for one or more components.

Separate applications are required for each component.

These activities will have the following long-term goals:
Improved prevention and control of arthritis Improved arthritis health outcomes Improved health-related quality of life among individuals with arthritis Improved management of multiple chronic conditions This FOA builds upon DP11-1113, National Organizations to Support Arthritis, a five-year cooperative agreement program that was initiated on September 30, 2011 and concludes on September 29, 201 6. ____________________ [1] CDC.

Prevalence and Most Common Causes of Disability Among Adults --- United States, 200 5. MMWR 2009;58(16); 421-42 6. [2] Barbour KE, Helmick CG, Theis KA, Murphy LB, Hootman JM, Brady TJ, Cheng YJ.

Prevalence of doctor-diagnosed arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitation-United States, 2010-201 2. MMWR 2013;62 (44):869-87 3. [3] Hootman JM, Helmick CG.

Projections of U. S. prevalence of arthritis and associated activity limitations.

Arthritis Rheum 2006;54(1):266–22 9.