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CDC Addresses High Blood Cholesterol
The CDC's public health efforts to address high blood cholesterol include
these and other programs.
- State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program
In 2006, health departments in 32 states and the District of Columbia
received funding from CDC to develop effective strategies to reduce the
burden of heart disease and stroke and their risk factors. The program
stresses the need for policy and systems changes that promote
heart-healthy and stroke-free living and working conditions. For more
information, see the CDC's
State Program Web site.
- A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke
The purpose of the Action Plan is to chart a course to help
achieve national goals to prevent heart disease and stroke. The National
Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention has been established to
address and carry out targeted recommendations and specific action
steps. For more information, see
CDC's Public Health
Action Plan Web site.
- Healthy People 2010
This is the federal government's prevention agenda for building a
healthier nation. There are 16 health objectives that are specific to
heart disease and stroke, and many more in other areas that relate to
heart disease and stroke. CDC is the co-lead agency with the National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for the heart disease and stroke focus
area. For more information, see the
CDC's
Healthy People 2010 Web site.
- WISEWOMAN
WISEWOMAN is a CDC-funded program that helps women with little or no
health insurance gain access to screening and lifestyle interventions
that can reduce their risk of heart disease, stroke, and other chronic
diseases. The CDC funds 15 WISEWOMAN projects in 14 states, which
operate on the local level in states and tribal organizations. For more
information, see the WISEWOMAN
Web site.
- CDC’s Lipid Standardization Program
CDC's Environmental Health Laboratory in the National Center for
Environmental Health serves as the world reference laboratory for
measuring cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoproteins, and
low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. CDC helps to ensure the quality of
about 35 million cholesterol measurements made in the United States
alone each year. With accurate measurements, doctors can diagnose and
properly treat people with high cholesterol levels, thus reducing
illness and death associated with this disease. For more information,
see CDC’s lipid
standardization program Web site.
Page last reviewed: June 24, 2008
Page last modified: June 24, 2008
Content source: Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion
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