Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Heart disease and stroke are cardiovascular diseases (conditions that affect the heart and blood vessels). Many heart disease and stroke risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, excess weight, poor diet, smoking, and diabetes can be prevented or treated through health behavior change and appropriate medication (CDC).
Community Preventive Services Task Force Findings
Summary Table
This summary of CPSTF findings to prevent heart disease and stroke can be used as a reference, included in presentations, or shared with colleagues.
Implementation Resources
Implementation Products
Best Practices for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Programs: A Guide to Effective Health Care System Interventions and Community-Clinical Links
Developed by CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
HEARTS Technical Package for Cardiovascular Disease Management in Primary Health Care: Team-based Care [PDF – 941 kB]
Developed by the World Health Organization
How to Promote Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention in the Workplace: A Guide for Employers, Program Coordinators, and Health Benefit Designers
Developed by CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Implementation Resources for CPSTF Findings – featuring information on how to implement CPSTF-recommended interventions
Developed by CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
The Surgeon General’s Call to Action Control Hypertension [PDF – 1.90 MB]
Developed by the HHS, Office of the Surgeon General
Presentations and Promotional Materials
Use these materials to share information about the CPSTF findings and Community Guide products with your community.
What Works Fact Sheets
Community Guide In Action: Stories from the Field
One Pagers
Community Guide News
Developed by The Community Guide in collaboration with CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Presentations and Webinars
Engaging Community Health Workers to Prevent and Manage Disease (September 20, 2017)
Developed by The Community Guide
Public Health Grand Rounds — Preventing 1 Million Heart Attacks and Strokes by 2017: the Million Hearts Initiative
Hosted by CDC
For More on this Topic
CDC, Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
NIH, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Million Hearts™ campaign to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over five years
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