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2008 Public Health Action Plan Update: Celebrating Our
First Five Years
Milestones and Landmark Events for
A Public Health Action Plan to
Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke and the National Forum
1998–2001
Laying the Groundwork
In 1998, the U.S. Congress awarded an appropriation to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish and support a state heart
disease and stroke prevention program. With these funds, CDC launched the
new program through its Cardiovascular Health Branch in the Division of
Adult and Community Health within the National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion. Shortly thereafter, leaders were appointed
to create a long-range strategic plan for heart disease and stroke
prevention. In 2000, CDC and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were
designated as co-lead agencies for Healthy People 2010. The Healthy People
2010 Partnership for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention was established
with the American Heart Association, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare
Services, the Indian Health Service, the National Institutes of Health, the
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, and the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
These activities were the foundation for the development of A Public
Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke and the
establishment of the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention.
2001
Charting the Course
- Strategic planning process for developing A Public Health Action
Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke (Action Plan) launched with
first work group meeting.
2002
Coming Together for a Common Cause
- Ten expert panels convened to review and finalize the content of the
Action Plan.
- Second and third work group meetings.
- First meeting of the group that was to become the National Forum.
- Draft Action Plan completed.
2003
Launching the Plan
- CDC published A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart
Disease and Stroke.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy
Thompson released the Action Plan at the Steps to a HealthierUS
Conference.
- 25,000 copies of the Action Plan were distributed nationally
and internationally within a year.
2004
2nd National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention: Setting
Priorities
- Darwin R. Labarthe, MP, MPH, PhD, then Associate Director for
Cardiovascular Health Policy in the Division for Heart Disease and
Stroke Prevention, received the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human
Services Award for Distinguished Service for “Charting a Course to
Assist in Promoting the Achievement of National Goals for Preventing
Heart Disease and Stroke.”
2005
3rd National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention: Taking Action
- Conducted focus groups with key informants on their knowledge of the
Action Plan.
- Engaged in a concept mapping process of the Action Plan.
2006
4th National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention: Building
Momentum
- Dr. Julie Gerberding, Director, CDC, delivered the opening remarks
for the National Forum.
- Launched the National Forum Video and Archive Project to preserve
the history of activities of the National Forum. Produced and
distributed the first DVD about the National Forum.
- Official signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding for the
Health People 2010 Partnership, with participation by leaders of six
federal agencies and the American Heart Association
2007
5th National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention: Making the
Connections: Science, Policy, and Action
- Published the article “Essential Features of a Surveillance System
to Support Prevention and Management of Heart Disease and Stroke” in the
January 2, 2007, issue of Circulation.
- First workshop on branding and messaging. Key messages were selected
for use in National Forum materials.
- “State of the science” conference (Evaluation of Policy and
Environmental Change for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention) with
international evaluation research experts. Experts were asked to
identify specific needs in research approaches, strategies, programs, or
funding to improve the state of evaluation research and to make
recommendations for bridging science and practice and for building
capacity at multiple levels of the socioecologic model.
- Published the National Forum Reader on Economics, which
contains articles, commentaries, and a list of resources on economics
and prevention, the major topic of discussion during the 5th National
Forum.
2008
6th National Forum for Heart Disease and Stoke Prevention: At the Nexus of
Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
- Partnered with the National Association of County and City Health
Officials (NACCHO) to host A Town Hall Meeting featuring the PBS
Television Documentary “ Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us
Sick?” and with the Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc., to host a
Leaders Luncheon.
- The National Forum published Update to A Public Health Action
Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke.
- The National Forum accepted a new slate of officers and new members
during its leadership transition.
- The National Forum ratified “A Policy Framework Statement for
Regional and Global Partnerships.”
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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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