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Mississippi Task Force on Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. 2008 Current Status J. Clay Hays, Jr, MD, FACC. Overview . Mississippi has the dubious honor of being Number 1 in heart disease morbidity and mortality IN THE NATION
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Mississippi Task Force on Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention 2008 Current Status J. Clay Hays, Jr, MD, FACC www.mscvd.org
Overview • Mississippi has the dubious honor of being Number 1 in heart disease morbidity and mortality IN THE NATION • Legislature created Governor’s Task Force on Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention to create solutions • CVD State Plan is one result www.mscvd.org
Mississippi Has a CVD Problem! • Three-fourths of Mississippians have at least one CVD risk factor • Racial / ethnic / geographic disparities are central issues • Primary prevention is a KEY www.mscvd.org
Pointing the way to a new future BOLD new plan for reducing CVD in Mississippi www.mscvd.org
Improving Mississippi’s CVD Outcomes • Enhance collaborations and partnerships among key constituencies at all levels; • Implement program services that encourage healthy communities; • Increase public awareness of CVD risk factors, disease management, and early recognition and response to acute events; and • Impact policies that build healthy lifestyles and communities, and promote wider access to health care. www.mscvd.org
Focus of Plan: CVD Health & Health Disparities* • Identify and reduce health disparities in CVD in target communities • Priority populations: Low SES, rural, women and African Americans * Age, gender, ethnicity, economics, education, community resources, risk factors, and barriers www.mscvd.org
Interventions targeted toward: • Prevention and management of CVD risk factors • nutrition, physical inactivity, tobacco, sociocultural • Management of risky conditions • hypertension, obesity, dyslipidemia, diabetes • Management of acute events • Heart attack, stroke www.mscvd.org
Implementation Strategy • Invest in school, faith-based, worksite, civic, health care providers to leverage actions toward priority populations • Address community-specific issues www.mscvd.org
Core Strategies • Disseminate the Plan to all key constituencies • Develop state –wide CVD risk factor registry • “Know Your Numbers” as centerpiece activity across all venues • Develop and disseminate “tool kit” for use in all venues www.mscvd.org
Obesity • Overweight: BMI over 25 and under 29.9 • Obese: BMI 30-39.9 • Extremely Obese: BMI 40+ www.mscvd.org
Pilot Projects • Mercy Delta Express Project • Morton Have a Heart www.mscvd.org
Have a Heart www.mscvd.org
Healthy Hearts www.mscvd.org
YouGottaMove! Public Elementary School Physical Education Program www.mscvd.org
The Plan Needs YOUR Support www.mscvd.org