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A new report from Trust for America's Health (TFAH) outlines a compendium of community-based programs that have demonstrated success in preventing disease and improving community health, AHA News Now reports. Developed by the New York Academy of Medicine, the report profiles efforts to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes. For example, the report profiles the Stanford Five City Project, a comprehensive mass-media campaign and community program aimed at reducing cardiovascular disease risk among a population of 122,800 people. Since launching the program five years ago, coronary heart disease has decreased by 16 percent and cardiovascular disease mortality has decreased by 15 percent among the intervention population. Meanwhile, WISEWOMAN, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention effort also profiled in the report, provides chronic disease risk factor screening, lifestyle interventions and referral services to low-income, uninsured women between age 40 and age 64. Other initiatives profiled in the report include those aimed at reducing tobacco use, improving asthma control and reducing the spread of sexually transmitted infection. The report also profiles several efforts to reduce fall risk among the elderly. Commenting on the report, the president of the New York Academy of Medicine notes that "an increasing body of evidence demonstrates that well-designed interventions can change behavior and reduce both the incidence and severity of disease" (AHA News Now, 9/21/09; New York Academy of Medicine report).