Chronic Disease - CDNR Fall 2004 - Heart Disease and Stroke: Cardiovascular Health Tool Kit Will Help States Collaborate with Businesses

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Chronic Disease Notes and Reports

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
Volume 17 • Number 1 • Fall 2004

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Cardiovascular Health Tool Kit Will Help States Collaborate with Businesses

State health departments will soon have a tool kit to use when partnering with businesses to promote cardiovascular health. CDC and the Prospect Center of the American Institutes for Research are working together to develop the tool kit, which will identify promising practices in the workplace and offer tips to help businesses select health plans for preventing and controlling high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, and stroke.

The tool kit will be pilot tested, evaluated, and distributed to state heart disease and stroke prevention programs in August 2004. States will receive training on how to effectively use the tool kit. Each kit will include components such as these:

Data on the burden of heart disease and stroke on employers.

A guide to help employers estimate their cost savings by investing in services to prevent heart disease and stroke (for example, work site health risk assessments and weight management counseling).

A compilation of promising practices and effective evidence-based interventions in work site and health care settings.

A checklist to help employers select a heart-healthy benefits package that fits their business needs as well as the health needs of employees.

Marketing materials and a PowerPoint presentation that health departments can use when educating company officials about the economic benefits of preventing heart disease and stroke.

For more information about the tool kit, contact Dyann Matson Koffman, DrPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop K–47, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3717.

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Chronic Disease Notes & Reports is published by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. The contents are in the public domain.
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH
Acting Director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion George A. Mensah, MD, FACP, FACC, FESC
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This page last reviewed August 12, 2004

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