Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention

State Program: Michigan
Capacity Building

In 2007, the Michigan Department of Community Health received CDC funds to support a state heart disease and stroke prevention program. It also received CDC funding to implement a demonstration public health project that addresses improvement of emergency response.

Burden of Heart Disease and Stroke

According to Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey results in 2005, adults in Michigan reported the following risk factors for heart disease and stroke:

27.8% had high blood pressure
38.9% of those screened reported having high blood cholesterol

In 2006,

In 2006, 9.0% had diabetes

In 2006, 22.4% were current smokers

In 2006, 64.8% were overweight or obese (Body Mass Index greater than or equal to 25.0)

In 2006, 22.8% 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 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.

State Highlights

Michigan Department of Community Health partnered with the Michigan Primary Care Association to implement the Michigan Quality Improvement Collaborative. This heart disease and stroke prevention project used materials and processes from Federally Qualified Health Centers and Michigan primary care practice groups to improve the quality of care in other clinical settings.

Michigan Department of Community Health partnered with the University of Michigan to develop the Geographic Information System (GIS) Model of a Michigan Treatment System for Acute Stroke project. The project identified geographic areas that need access to acute care stroke centers and targets stroke center development. The model displays the total number of acute stroke care facilities required to cover at least 95% of the state population based on transport time and resources. Michigan recently received funding from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, CDC, and Duke University to expand the application of this project.

The Michigan Department of Community Health has leveraged resources and coordinated worksite interventions through extensive new partnerships established through the Governor’s Michigan’s Healthy Workplaces project.

The Michigan Department of Community Health is implementing the Priority Health Plan which aims to improve provider compliance with national guidelines in heart disease and stroke treatment.

Michigan is part of the Great Lakes Stroke Regional Network funded by CDC. The Network is led by the Illinois Department of Public Health and includes Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Also see the Michigan Department of Community Health Web site at http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/.

State Program: Michigan Capacity Building

Burden of Heart Disease and Stroke

State Highlights

State Program: Michigan
Capacity Building