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NECON - New England Coalition for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
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NECON, a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization, was established in 1984 with working groups and health-examining task forces whose members represented multiple disciplines from all six New England states. Today, NECON is a coalition of the New England state health departments, the region's schools of public health, and federal health agencies led by Region I of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, as well as medical societies, legislators, and representatives from industry, labor, and voluntary associations. Its mission is to serve as an instrument for the development and enhancement of disease prevention and health promotion public policies in New England.
In 1986, the New England Governors' Conference (NEGC) charged NECON to interact with the states' chief health officers and other health policymakers throughout New England and to submit recommendations periodically for the improvement of the health status of the region. NECON responds to that charge through annual conferences and interactive Task Force/Working Groups that continually address the prevention and control of cancer, heart disease and stroke, obesity, and HIV/AIDS, as well as prevention and health promoting initiatives in mental health, women's health, managed care, and among underserved populations.
In 1999, at the New England Governors' Conference in Rockport, Maine, the governors requested that NECON return in 2000 with a "short list" of recommendations that could energize a regional commitment to prevention and significantly improve the health of the people of New England. Those six recommendations––our hexagon of health––were presented the following year to the governors at their conference in Springfield, MA. The six recommendations are attached (see reverse side).
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