Center for Disease Control

Term Paper # 104704

Medical and Health > Public Health Issues
Political Science > Government Agencies

This apper analyzes the governmental agency known as the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

1,785 words () | 8 sources | APA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the Center for Disease Control (CDC), a health related governmental agency which has a governing role in healthcare and in the healthcare industry. The paper looks at how the CDC carries out its duties as a federal agency concerned with mitigating epidemic diseases and in controlling public health factors.

Outline:
Abstract
History and Mission
Authority and Operations
Structure
CDC In Action
Impact

From the Paper:

"One of the 13 major operating components of what is now the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Communicable Disease Center officially began operations in a modest building in Atlanta, Georgia. A descendent of the Roosevelt administration's Malaria Control in War Areas (MCWA) agency, the CDC's initial mandate was to win the fight against malarial mosquitoes. With an initial budget of under $10 million, the CDC waged its war against malaria with fewer than 400 employees, millions of gallons of DDT, and a paucity of trucks, sprayers and shovels (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDCweb], 2007)."

Sample of Sources Used:

Atlanta Business Chronicle. (2004, May 21). "CDC Announces Major Reorganization." Atlanta Business Chronicle , 26 (50), p. A10.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2007, March 02). "About CDC Our Story." Retrieved June 19, 2007, from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/about/history/ourstory.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2007, May 07). "Grants, Funding, and Procurement." Retrieved June 19, 2007, from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/about/business/funding.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2007). Justification of Estimates for Appropriation Committees, Fiscal Year 2008. Washington, DC: Department of Health and Human Services.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2006). The State of CDC FY2006: Everyone, Everyday, Everywhere. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.