Heart and Stroke Prevention and Control - Grants


 

Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program is 100% federally funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) RFA DP18-1815: Improving the Health of Americans through Prevention and Management of Diabetes and Heart Disease and Stroke CDC-RFA-DP18-1815 and DP18-1817: Innovative State and Local Public Health Strategies to Prevent and Manage Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Stroke. The program receives an average of $845,000 per year from RFA DP18-1815 and an average of $750,000.00 from RFA DP18-1817 to support:

  • Increase reporting and tracking of clinical data to improve identification, management, and treatment of patients with high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol.
  • Encourage providers to follow evidence-based guidelines and policies for team-based care of patients with high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol.
  • Increase community-clinical links that support systematic referrals, self-management, and lifestyle change for patients with high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol.
  • Help patients with high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol manage their conditions.
  • Encourage more patients with high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol to join proven lifestyle change programs.
  • Monitor clinical measures shown to improve health care quality and identify patients with high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol.
  • Use team-based care for patients with high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol and look for new ways to add nonphysician members to health care teams.
  • Link community resources and clinical services that support bidirectional referrals, self-management, and lifestyle change for patients with high blood pressure or high blood cholesterol or who have had a cardiac event. This goal can be met by:
    • Using community health workers and patient navigators.
    • Increasing referrals between health care systems and community programs and resources.
    • Expanding the use of telehealth, including mobile health technology.
    • Finding new ways to increase referrals to and participation in cardiac rehabilitation programs in traditional and community settings, including home-based settings.