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2008 Public Health Action Plan Update: Celebrating Our
First Five Years
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An Overview of A
Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke
The National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention was
established in 2003 to implement A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent
Heart Disease and Stroke (Action Plan). The Action Plan provides
a comprehensive public health strategy and a framework to guide health
practitioners’ and policy makers’ action in heart disease and stroke
prevention. The National Forum involves participants from more than 80
national and international organizations representing public and private
health care, faith, advocacy, academic, and policy organizations. The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Heart
Association/American Stroke Association, and the Association of State and
Territorial Health Officials were the lead partners in developing the
Action Plan and continue to participate in the leadership of the
National Forum. Throughout the year, National Forum participants work in one
or more of seven implementation groups: Action Priorities, Communications,
Monitoring and Evaluation, Organizational Capacity, Policy Research, Public
Health Leadership and Partnership, and Regional and Global Collaboration.
The full body of the National Forum meets annually. Each of the
Implementation Groups meets monthly via conference calls and in person twice
per year.
For more information about the National Forum for Heart Disease and
Stroke Prevention and A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart
Disease an Stroke, please visit
http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/library/action_plan/index.htm.
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Page last reviewed: August 18, 2008
Page last modified: August 18, 2008
Content source: Division for Heart Disease and Stroke
Prevention,
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