National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
5631 South Oakdale Drive
Salt Lake City,
UT
USA
84121
Email:
slwarehouse@earthlink.net
Biographical Sketch:
Joan Ware has been active in chronic disease prevention and health promotion for over 30 years. Retired in 2005 from the Utah Department of Health, she served as Director of the Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program. Currently, she is consultant to the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) Women’s Health Council, partnering with chronic disease directors, CDC’s Divisions of Reproductive Health and Diabetes Translation, and state MCH, PRAMS and Diabetes Prevention and Control Program Directors, and the AMCHP/CityLights Partnership to promote collaboration and integration of public health services and programs. She heads the Gestational Diabetes Collaborative, a partnership of several states that are working to improve reporting of gestational diabetes on birth certificates. The Collaborative also seeks to improve postpartum care for women who were diagnosed with gestational diabetes during pregnancy.