National Bone Health Alliance: an innovative public-private partnership improving America's bone health.

Abstract

The U.S. National Bone Health Alliance (NBHA) is a public-private partnership launched in 2010 that brings together its 56 partners from the government, nonprofit, and for-profit sectors to collectively promote bone health and prevent disease; improve bone disease diagnosis and treatment; and enhance bone research, surveillance, and evaluation. NBHA is driven to achieve its 20/20 vision to reduce fractures 20 % by the year 2020 through projects including 2Million2Many, an osteoporosis awareness campaign; Fracture Prevention CENTRAL, an online resource center providing support to sites interested in launching a secondary fracture prevention program; bone turnover marker standardization project; and working groups in rare bone disease and the clinical diagnosis of osteoporosis. NBHA provides a platform to coordinate messaging among individuals and organizations on subjects important to bone health; pool funding and efforts around shared priorities; and work together towards the goals and recommendations of the National Action Plan on Bone Health.

• Authors: David B Lee, Mia Rochelle Lowden, Valerie Patmintra, Katie Stevenson
• Journal: Current osteoporosis reports (Curr Osteoporos Rep) Vol. 11 Issue 4 Pg. 348-53 (Dec 2013) ISSN: 1544-2241 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 24014197 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Biomedical Research
• Bone Diseases (prevention & control)
• Health Status
• Humans
• Osteoporosis (prevention & control)
• Public-Private Sector Partnerships
• United States