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State Program: West Virginia
Basic Implementation
The West Virginia Department
of Health and Human Resources began receiving funds from CDC in 1999 to
support a heart and stroke prevention program. The program received increased funding for
basic implementation beginning in 2003.
Burden of Heart Disease and Stroke
- Heart disease is the leading
cause of death in West Virginia, accounting for 6,189 deaths or
approximately 29% of the state's deaths in 2002. (National Vital
Statistics Report 2004;53(5)).
- Stroke is the third leading
cause of death, accounting for 1,260 deaths or approximately 6% 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 West
Virginia reported having the following risk factors for heart disease and
stroke:
- 31.4% had high blood
pressure
- 39.9% of those screened reported having high blood
cholesterol
In 2006,
- 12.1% had diabetes
- 25.7% were current smokers
- 67.0% were overweight or
obese (Body Mass Index greater than or equal to 25.0)
- 25.6% 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 prevention of
heart disease and stroke within the state.
- Update the 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.
- Support health care organizations system changes to assure quality
of care and implementation of primary and secondary prevention for
heart disease and stroke.
- Monitor, implement, and evaluate prevention strategies and
programs in health care sites, work sites, communities, and schools.
- Provide training and technical assistance to public health, health
care professionals, and partners to support primary and secondary
prevention of heart disease and stroke.
- Monitor quality of care for primary and secondary prevention.
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State Highlights
- Signs and Symptoms of Heart Attack
Social Marketing Campaign
In partnership
with St. Mary's Hospital Heart Center, the West Virginia Cardiovascular
Health Program has developed this campaign to increase the awareness on
the part of the public of heart attack symptoms and specifically how they
differ between men and women. The campaign was piloted in one rural county
in Southern West Virginia. Follow–up telephone survey results yielded a
significant increase in the knowledge level of citizens in that county
regarding the interpretation and response to heart attack signs and
symptoms. The campaign will be expanded to at least three more West
Virginia communities in the future.
- Ebenezer Medical Outreach
An outgrowth of Ebenezer United Methodist Church, this community–based
organization coordinates a chronic disease management program focused on
diabetes and hypertension. It is located in a medically underserved
community with 39% African Americans, a 17% unemployment rate and 30% of
it's households living below poverty. Among ninety–four initial
participants, Ebenezer saw a drop in average blood pressure from 153ml/Hg
to 137ml/Hg, a drop in Hemoglobin A1C levels, a drop in total cholesterol
and in body mass index. In addition, a Quality of Life Questionnaire
administered to the participants showed an average increase from 440 to
460. This year Ebenezer was nationally recognized from a pool of over two
hundred applicants as winner of the $90,000 Monroe E. Troutman Premier
Cares Award. As a result of previous work in Raleigh County, the CVH
Program facilitated Ebenezer's efforts to develop a similar program by
contacting key community leaders and accompanying Ebenezer staff to the
initial planning meetings. Currently, the CVH Program provides funding for
the organization to strengthen health ministries at churches in Cabell
County.
- The West Virginia Restaurant
Survey
This survey was developed, implemented,
and evaluated in years 2001—2002.
The goal of the survey was to establish baseline data on the percentage of
restaurants that have identified healthy food choices on their menus.
Results indicated 9% of restaurants surveyed had identified healthy
choices on their menus. As a follow–up to the survey, a partnership with
the WV Hospitality and Travel Association has been formed. A program ("The
Winner's Circle Healthy Dining Program") to train community level
individuals to work with restaurants in increasing the number of
identified healthy choices on menus has been identified. Current efforts
include establishing a community network through affiliated networks to
support this project.
- Wheeling Walks Program
Targeting walking is an ideal approach to the promotion of physical
activity. The Wheeling Walks Program truly saturated the community with
the walking message. More than 170 television, radio, and newspaper news
stories reported on Wheeling Walks during the eight–week intervention.
Self-report measures indicated that the intervention achieved high levels
of exposure in the target group. Over 85% of the intervention community
respondents indicated that they had heard about the Wheeling Walks
campaign. Walking behavior increased significantly in Wheeling after the
campaign.
Additional resources on heart disease and
stroke in West Virginia:
The Burden of Cardiovascular
Disease:
http://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/oehp/hsc/burdencvd/default.htm*
West Virginia Healthy People 2010 Heart
Disease and Stroke objectives:
http://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/hp2010/objective/contents.html*
To view county data, visit our
interactive map site:
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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