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The chronic disease self management program is an interactive workshop for people with all types of chronic conditions stanford university developed this course to help people with one or more chronic conditions learn the strategies to manage their condition and have the confidence to carry them out. The lifestyle changes you make to ease a chronic condition such as high cholesterol or heart disease are good for almost everyone instead of going it alone invite family members or friends to join in. Management of chronic disease the debilitating costly effects of chronic condi tions often can be prevented delayed or mitigated numerous policies and programs are available to help state policymakers prevent and manage chronic diseases among their constituents the fol. More than half of americans are currently living with at least one chronic disease such as diabetes heart disease or asthma while nearly a third of patients are managing two or more of these conditions according to a report by the partnership to fight chronic disease pfcd