CDC Addresses High Blood Cholesterol

The CDC's public health efforts to address high blood cholesterol include these and other programs.

• State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program
  In 2006, health departments in 32 states and the District of Columbia received funding from CDC to develop effective strategies to reduce the burden of heart disease and stroke and their risk factors. The program stresses the need for policy and systems changes that promote heart-healthy and stroke-free living and working conditions. For more information, see the CDC's State Program Web site.
   
• A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke
  The purpose of the Action Plan is to chart a course to help achieve national goals to prevent heart disease and stroke. The National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention has been established to address and carry out targeted recommendations and specific action steps. For more information, see CDC's Public Health Action Plan Web site.
   
• Healthy People 2010
  This is the federal government's prevention agenda for building a healthier nation. There are 16 health objectives that are specific to heart disease and stroke, and many more in other areas that relate to heart disease and stroke. CDC is the co-lead agency with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for the heart disease and stroke focus area. For more information, see the CDC's Healthy People 2010 Web site.
   
• WISEWOMAN
  WISEWOMAN is a CDC-funded program that helps women with little or no health insurance gain access to screening and lifestyle interventions that can reduce their risk of heart disease, stroke, and other chronic diseases. The CDC funds 15 WISEWOMAN projects in 14 states, which operate on the local level in states and tribal organizations. For more information, see the WISEWOMAN Web site.
   
• CDC’s Lipid Standardization Program
  CDC's Environmental Health Laboratory in the National Center for Environmental Health serves as the world reference laboratory for measuring cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoproteins, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. CDC helps to ensure the quality of about 35 million cholesterol measurements made in the United States alone each year. With accurate measurements, doctors can diagnose and properly treat people with high cholesterol levels, thus reducing illness and death associated with this disease. For more information, see CDC’s lipid standardization program Web site.

Page last reviewed: June 24, 2008
Page last modified: June 24, 2008

Content source: Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion