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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.
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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.
To view county–level data, visit our interactive map site at
http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/library/maps/statemaps.htm.
For more information on Michigan's Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
program, visit
http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-2940_2955_2959---,00.html.
Also see the Michigan Department of Community Health Web site at
http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/.
Page last reviewed: August 21, 2007
Page last modified: August 21, 2007
Content source: Division for Heart Disease and Stroke
Prevention,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion
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