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State Program: North Dakota
Capacity Building
The North Dakota Department of Health began receiving funds from CDC in
2003 to support a state heart disease and stroke prevention program.
Burden of Heart Disease and Stroke
- Heart Disease is the leading cause of death in North Dakota,
accounting for 1,623 deaths or approximately 27% of the state's deaths in
2002. (National Vital Statistics Report 2004;53(5)).
- Stroke is the third leading cause of death, accounting for
469 deaths
or approximately 8% of the state's deaths in 2002. (National Vital
Statistics Report 2004;53(5)).
- According to Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey
results in 2005, adults in North Dakota reported having the following risk factors
for heart disease and stroke:
- 23.3% had high blood pressure
- 35.0% of those screened reported having high blood cholesterol
In 2006,
- 6.7% had diabetes
- 20.1% were current smokers
- 64.2% were overweight or obese (Body
Mass Index greater than or equal to 25.0)
- 23.1% reported no exercise in the prior 30 days
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate collaboration among public and private sector
partners, such as managed care organizations, health insurers,
federally funded health centers, businesses, unions, school
systems, priority population organizations, and emergency response
agencies.
- Define the heart disease and stroke burden and assess
existing population–based strategies for primary and secondary
heart disease and stroke prevention within the state.
- Develop and
update a comprehensive state plan for heart disease and stroke
prevention with emphasis on developing heart–healthy policies,
changing physical and social environments, and eliminating disparities
(e.g., based on geography, gender, race or ethnicity, or income).
- Identify culturally appropriate approaches to promote cardiovascular
health with racial, ethnic, and other priority populations.
- Use population-based public health strategies to
increase public awareness of the signs and symptoms of heart
diseases and stroke, the urgency of early treatment for
heart disease and stroke,
and the need to call 9–1–1.
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State Highlights
- The program is beginning a strategic planning process in to develop a Cardiovascular Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Control State Plan. This plan will address the cardiovascular disease burden, population based program objectives that reach priority and general populations, and a statewide dissemination plan for increasing knowledge of symptoms of heart disease and stroke. The program is enhancing data sources to monitor key indicators relevant to heart disease and stroke prevention and to systematically evaluate policy and program interventions.
- The program is working to (1) promote policy and environmental interventions that support primary and secondary prevention of heart disease and stroke, (2) eliminate heart health related disparities, (3) identify culturally appropriate approaches to advance cardiovascular health with priority populations, and (4) conduct environmental scans of worksites and priority populations to establish policy strategies
for cardiovascular disease prevention and control.
- The program is facilitating public and private partnerships to improve the heart health of North Dakotans through effective collaboration. To accomplish this goal, the program transitioned its North Dakota Healthy Heart Council membership to
Healthy North Dakota. Healthy North Dakota is an innovative public health approach that seeks to bring health to the forefront of government, private enterprise, and individual attention. The program plans to expand membership to include secondary prevention interests and establish a Heart Health Advisory Committee to develop and implement a comprehensive
state plan for heart disease and stroke prevention.
- The program provides technical assistance to state and local health departments and partners on such topics as policy and environmental strategies for cardiovascular health promotion within various settings (such as work sites, daycares, schools, and community), cardiovascular diseases and related risk factors, use of data in program planning, and program evaluation. The program will assess training needs of state and local partners and develop a training plan to address identified needs.
For more information on heart disease and stroke prevention in North
Dakota, visit
http://www.health.state.nd.us/ChronicDisease/cvh/.*
To view county–level data, visit our interactive map site at
http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/library/maps/statemaps.htm.
*Links to non–Federal organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. Links do not constitute an endorsement of any organization by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at this link.
Page last reviewed: August
23, 2007
Page last modified: August 23, 2007
Content source: Division for Heart Disease and Stroke
Prevention,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion
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