TY - JOUR AU - Parekh, Anand K. AU - Scott, Alicia Richmond AU - McMahon, Catherine AU - Teel, Calvin PY - 2014 TI - Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Tackling the Tobacco and Obesity Epidemics T2 - Preventing Chronic Disease JO - Prev Chronic Dis SP - E99 VL - 11 CY - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. N2 - In response to the illness and death caused by preventable chronic diseases, the US Department of Health and Human Services created Communities Putting Prevention to Work to support community efforts in tackling tobacco use and obesity through policy, systems, and environmental change. As part of this program, 10 national nonprofit organizations with prevention expertise were funded and matched with specific community objectives. Most tobacco and obesity-related matched objectives were successfully accomplished by communities. Public-private partnerships should be considered when addressing chronic disease prevention. SN - 1545-1151 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.140134 DO - 10.5888/pcd11.140134 ER -