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State Program: Kansas
Capacity Building
The Kansas Department of Health began receiving funds from CDC in 2003 to
support a state heart disease and stroke prevention program. . It also
received CDC funding to implement a demonstration public health project that
addresses program integration and systems change in primary care practice
settings.
Burden of Heart Disease and Stroke
- Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Kansas, accounting for
6,680 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
1,845 deaths
or approximately 7% of the state's deaths in 2002. (National Vital
Statistics Report 2004;53(5)).
- According to Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey
results, adults in Kansas reported having the following risk factors
for heart disease and stroke:
In 2005,
- 24.2% had high blood pressure
- 33.4% of those screened reported having high blood cholesterol
In 2006,
- 7.3% had diabetes
- 20.0% were current smokers
- 62.3% were overweight or obese (Body
Mass Index greater than or equal to 25.0)
- 22.6% 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,
priority population organizations, and emergency response
agencies.
- Define the burden of heart disease and stroke and assess
existing population-based strategies for primary and
secondary prevention of heart disease and stroke within the
state.
- Develop and update a comprehensive state plan for heart
disease and stroke prevention with emphasis on heart-healthy
policies development, physical and social environments
change, and disparities elimination (e.g., based on
geography, gender, race or ethnicity, or socioeconomic
status).
- Identify culturally appropriate approaches to promote
heart disease and stroke prevention among racial, ethnic,
and other priority populations.
- Use population-based public health strategies to
increase public awareness of the heart disease and stroke
urgency, the signs and symptoms of heart disease and stroke,
and the need to call 9–1–1.
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State Highlights
- The program has access to the strong and established partners of the
Kansas Department of Health and Environment's Bureau of Health
Promotion. The partners include insurance companies, minority affairs
agencies, national public health organizations, faith–based
organizations, and various state departments. The partners have been
very instrumental in the development of the burden document and the
state plan.
- The Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke in Kansas burden
document was published by the program in October 2005. This document is
used to assign resources to develop appropriate heart disease and stroke
databases, to gain access to data sources in order to comprehensively
define the burden of heart disease and stroke, and to monitor heart
disease and stroke trends across the state and in targeted geographic
areas or populations disproportionately affected by heart disease and
stroke. The burden document will be updated in the upcoming year.
- The Kansas Cardiovascular Health State Plan was published in
October 2006 and outlines a comprehensive approach for reducing the
burden of heart disease and stroke. The plan is intended to serve as a
guide for those working in the areas of prevention, detection, and
treatment of risk factors associated with heart attacks and strokes, and
provides recommendations for implementing programs and policies that
will ultimately lead to a heart-healthy and stroke free Kansas.
- The Community Initiative on Cardiovascular Health (CICV) consists of
the Kansas Heart Disease and Stroke prevention program, the Missouri
Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program, and the Mid-America
Coalition on Healthcare (MACHC), and have collaborated to implement a
pilot worksite wellness project in the Kansas City metropolitan area
involving 14 large (over 1,000 employees) and medium-sized (over 500
employees) employers. CICV is a four-phase project focusing on health,
lifestyle and behavior issues of high blood pressure, high blood
cholesterol, and related risk factors.
- The Kansas Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program Web site can
be accessed at
http://www.kdheks.gov/cardio/index.htm. The Web site contains
general heart disease and stroke information, including risk factors and
signs and symptoms of heart disease and stroke, as well as fact sheets
and the burden document and state plan. Additional information will
continue to be uploaded onto the Web site over the next few months.
- The Kansas Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program was awarded
optional funding to provide a demonstration project. The project is a
cardiovascular disease quality of care program that will address systems
change for quality of care improvement in patients with high blood
pressure in primary care clinics. This will be done by adding an
integrated focus within the Diabetes Quality of Care Project for care of
patients with high blood pressure. The added focus is expected to
improve clinic process outcomes and quality care management for patients
with high blood pressure. Broadening the Diabetes Quality of Care
Project to include a hypertension quality of care component as a
specific intervention directed toward non-diabetic patients with high
blood pressure will utilize an established infrastructure to direct
population-based care for people with high blood pressure.
- The Kansas Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program partnered
with the Kansas Advisory Committee on Trauma to implement policies
standardizing training for Emergency Medical Dispatchers (EMDs) in the
six Kansas trauma regions. A survey of all 133 Kansas communication
centers was conducted and an introduction letter with a survey was
mailed to these centers. Out of 133 centers, 117 centers (88%) responded
(94 centers that dispatch Emergency Medical Services, 10 centers that
dispatch other types of services such as fire and law enforcement, and
13 centers that do not dispatch EMS or other services).
For general information on health in the state, visit the Kansas website
at www.kdhe.state.ks.us/health.*
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:
October 15, 2007
Page last modified: October 15, 2007
Content source: Division for Heart Disease and Stroke
Prevention,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
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