Cardiovascular Disease Enhanced Dissemination
and Utilization Centers (EDUCs) Awardees
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has funded
twelve Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Enhanced Dissemination and Utilization
Centers (EDUCs) to conduct performance-based education projects to prevent and
control CVD and promote heart-healthy behavior in high-risk communities. Six
were funded in 2001 (EDUCs I), and an additional six in 2002 (EDUCs II). NHLBI
intends to make the EDUCs the foundation of a network of performance partners
that will use NHLBI's science-based information to inform their communities of
the public health burden of CVD and to develop and implement focused
educational strategies to reduce this burden through changes in health care
provider practice, patient behavior, and general public behavior. Establishing
the EDUCs is a key part of NHLBI's response to the Healthy People 2010
objectives for the Nation.
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