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State Program: Arizona
Capacity Building
In 2007, the Arizona Department of Health Services received CDC funds
to support a state heart disease and stroke prevention program.
Burden of Heart Disease and Stroke
- According to Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey results, adults in Arizona
reported the following risk factors for heart disease and stroke:
In 2005,
- 22.3% had high blood pressure
- 33.8% of those screened reported having high blood cholesterol
In 2006,
- 8.5% had diabetes
- 18.2% were current smokers
- 59.6% were overweight or obese (Body
Mass Index greater than or equal to 25.0)
- 59.6% 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
cardiovascular health among 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.
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State Highlights
- In November 2002, Proposition 303 was passed which approved the
Arizona Department of Health Services Cardiovascular Disease Program to
receive $400,000 to implement a campaign to increase awareness of the
signs and symptoms of stroke and the importance of calling 9–1–1
immediately.
- The Arizona Department of Health Services Cardiovascular Disease
Program will coordinate with the Bureau of Vital Statistics to use a
geographic information system to map Emergency Medical Services routes,
determine gaps in the system, and improve emergency response systems.
- The Arizona Department of Health Services Cardiovascular Disease
Program received funding to implement a stroke telemedicine program. The
program partnered with the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, a suburb of
Phoenix, to implement the stroke telemedicine program, called Stroke
Team Remote Evaluation Using a Digital Observation Camera (STRokE DOC)
in partnership with local hospitals.
To view county–level data, visit our interactive map site at
http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/library/maps/statemaps.htm.
For more information on heart disease and stroke prevention in the state,
visit the Arizona Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program at
http://www.azdhs.gov/phs/oncdps/cardiovascular/index.htm.
Also see the Arkansas Department of Health Services Web site at
http://www.azcvd.gov/index.htm.
Page last reviewed: March 17, 2008
Page last modified: March 17, 2008
Content source: Division for Heart Disease and Stroke
Prevention,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion
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