Risk Factors	Special Topics
Diabetes  Diet and Nutrition High Blood Cholesterol High Blood Pressure  Overweight/Obesity  Physical Inactivity Tobacco	Acute Cardiovascular Care Children, Youth, and Education Clinical Guidelines and Scientific Statements Major Cardiovascular Studies Minority and Multicultural Health National, State, and Local Resources Public Health Policies

Risk Factors
Attention some of these links are Non-MDH links

Diabetes

• Diabetes Patient Education Materials
• Minnesota Diabetes Program
• National Diabetes Education Program
• The American Heart Association:The Heart of Diabetes
  
  
  

Diet and Nutrition

• Anishinaabe Hunter-Gatherer Traditional Foods Pyramid
  
• Blue Cross Statewide Healthy Eating Campaign
• Center for Science in the Public Interest, School Foods Tool Kit: Helps parents, community groups, teachers and school administrators to improve the nutritional quality of the students' meals
• The DASH Eating Plan
  
  
  

High Blood Cholesterol (Hypercholesterolemia)

• National Cholesterol Education Program
  
• National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. 2002 Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (ATP III Final Report)
  
  
  

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

• Project Heartbeat Findings (pdf 399 kb)
• Blood Pressure Measurement: Assuring Accuracy Workshop 2004 (pdf 137kb, 37 pages)
• Controlling High Blood Pressure: A Legislator Policy Brief, Council of State Governments
• High Blood Pressure in Minnesota Workshop 2004 (pdf 223kb, 29 pages)
• National High Blood Pressure Education Program: Mission Possible
• National Institutes of Health, NHLBI 2003 The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of Hypertension
• National Institutes of Health, NHLBI 1993: Working Group Report on Primary Prevention of Hypertension
• Off the Cuff An on-line professional educational training module provided by the American Heart Association. Explains different levels of hypertension, appropriate medical interventions and medications. (Click Catalog of Offerings, Delivery methods; and Web-based Webinars)
  
  
  

Overweight/Obesity

• Science in Brief: Role of Obesity in the Development of Cardiovascular Disease (pdf 361 kb)
• Minnesota Health Info website has several weight control and obesity-related educational websites
  
  

Physical Inactivity

• Active Living by Design- Increasing Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Through Community Design
• Active Living Research investigates policies and environments to support active communities:
  
• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
• Bicycle Lane Design Guide
• Games Kids Play provides examples of games and activities to play with children
• Information on International Walk to School Day
• Kids walk to School-A Guide to Promote Walking to School: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/kidswalk/pdf/kidswalk.pdf
• Minnesota Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance
• Minnesota Department of Health
• National Alliance for Youth Sports
• National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity
• National Coalition of Walking Advocates
• National Recreation and Parks Association
• Pedestrian Facilities User's Guide
• Physical Activity-Leading Health Indicators
• The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
• VERB is a campaign sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control, promotes physical activity among tweens (youth age 9-13)
• Working with Older Adults and Physical Activity
  
  

Tobacco

• Association for Non-Smokers Minnesota
• ClearWay Minnesota (formerly Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco (MPAAT)
• Minnesota Department of Health Office of Tobacco Prevention and Control
  
  
  

Special Topics
Attention some of these links are Non-MDH links

Acute Cardiovascular Care

• Early Heart Attack Care Education
• Society of Chest Pain Centers and Providers
  
  
  

Children, Youth, and Education

• The Eagle's Nest, a place where youth can learn more about living healthy and diabetes
• HeatPower! is an educational resource for classroom teachers of grades PreK-8, and all materials are downloadable, printable and free
• School Health Index: A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide. For more information visit http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/news/docs/school.asp or contact the Centers for Disease and Prevention : (888) 231-6405
• Smart-Mouth uses games to teach middle-school-aged children (and their parents and teachers) how the food environment (advertising, portion sizes, school vending choices) influences their food choices and how to eat well
• The Center for Science in Public Interest links to model policies and legislation, fact sheets, and statistics on the impact of poor diet and inactivity on health and health-care costs
  
  
  

Clinical Guidelines and Scientific Statements

• Cardiovascular Disease, Specialist Library
• The Guide to Community Preventive Services
• Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk by Use of Multiple-Risk-Factor Assessment Equations: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology
• Beyond Secondary Prevention: Identifying the High-Risk Patient for Primary Prevention: Noninvasive Tests of Atherosclerotic Burden : Writing Group III
• High Blood Cholesterol: Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III)
• High Blood Pressure: The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
• Diabetes: AHA Scientific Statement: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease. A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association
• Overweight and Obesity : Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults
• Women and Cardiovascular Disease. AHA/ACC Scientific Statement: Consensus Panel Statement. Guide to Preventive Cardiology for Women
• Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cardiovascular Disease. A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association
  
• Prevention programs help people with heart disease (Reuters Health) NEW YORK  SOURCE: Annuals of Internal Medicine, 11/1/2005
  
• Trends in Cholesterol Screening and Awareness of High Blood Cholesterol—United States, 1991-2003
  
  
  

Major Cardiovascular Studies

• Framingham Heart Study
• Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study
• Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
• Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)
• Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
• Jackson Heart Study
• Strong Heart Study
• Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study
• Minnesota Heart Survey (MHS) at the University of Minnesota Division of Epidemiology & Community Health
• The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack (ALLHAT) Trial
  
  
  

Minority and Multicultural Health

Asian Americans

• Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
• Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
• National Library of Medicine, Asian American Health
• Patient Information in Asian Languages
• Vietnamese Community Health Project
• Vietnamese Fact Sheets on high blood pressure and smoking

African Americans

• Demark-Wahnefried, W. et al., 2000, Partnering with African American Churches to Achieve Better Health: Lessons Learned during the Black Churches United for Better Health 5 a Day Project. Journal of Cancer Education. Vol.15 (3): 164-167.
• Resnicow, K., et al., 2000 Dietary Change through African American Churches: Baseline Results and Program Description of the Eat for Life Trial.; Journal of Cancer Education, Vol.15 (3): 156-16.
• Yanek. L.R., et al., 2001, "Project Joy": Faith Based Cardiovascular Health Promotion for African American Women. Public Health Reports, Vol. 116: 68-82.alth

American Indians

• Cardiovascular Health Policy for Native Americans (pdf 79.4kb, 14 pages)
• National Library of Medicine: American Indian Health
• Indian Health Services, Native American Cardiology Program Association of American Indian Physicians
  
• Pargee D, Lara-Albers E, Puckett K. 1999 Building on Tradition: Promoting Physical Activity with American Indian Community Coalitions. Journal of Health Education, 30 (supplement 2): s37-s43.

Hispanics/Latinos

• AHRQ and Ad Council- This site is about staying healthy and visiting your doctor for regular health screenings
• National Alliance for Hispanic Health
• New Tool Measures Spanish-Speaking Patients' Understanding of Basic
  Medical Terminology

General Minority Health Resources

• Three handouts, Know the Numbers of Your Body, Warning Signs of a Heart Attack and Stroke, and Caregiver Tips for Working with a Stroke Survivor, are available in multiple languages:

Know the Numbers of Your Body
English (pdf 90kb)
Arabic (pdf 140kb)
Bosnian (pdf 93kb)
Chinese (pdf 94kb)
Hindi (pdf 55kb)
Korean(pdf 79kb)
Russian (pdf 78kb)
Urdu (pdf 257kb)

Warning Signs: Heart Attack and Stroke
English (pdf 36kb)
Arabic (pdf 134kb)
Bosnian (pdf 89kb)
Chinese (pdf 90kb)
Korean (pdf 70kb)
Russian (pdf 104kb)
Urdu (pdf 186kb)

Caregiver Tips for Working with a Stroke Survivor
English (pdf 391kb)
Russian (pdf 545kb)
Somali   (pdf 34.5kb)
Hmong   (pdf 126kb)

• American Public Health Association, Health Disparities Database
• Diversity RX
• Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change Initiative
• Foundations for Healthy Communities, Translated Health Forms and Documents
• Health Disparities Collaboratives
• Health Exchange: Language and Literacy
• Health Information Translations
• Healthy Roads Media
• Improving the health of women, children and their communities around the world
• International Institute of Minnesota, Ethnic Resource Directory
• Multicultural Health Evaluation Publications from The California Endowment
• Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, Minnesota Department of Health and the Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative
• The Center for Cross-Cultural Health
• U.S. Department of Health & Health Services, Office of Minority Health Resource Center
  
  
  
  

National, State, and Local Public Heart Disease and Stroke Resources

National

• American Heart Association and American Stroke Association
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cardiovascular Health Program
• Great Lakes Regional Stroke Network
• Men and Heart Disease
• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders
• National Stroke Association
• Women and Heart Disease

State

• Lieutenant Governor's Challenge: Your Heart is in your Hands
• Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota
• Healthy Minnesotans: Strategies for Public Health
• Healthy Minnesotans: Public Health Improvement Goals 2004
• Minnesota Health Information Managing your health- Heart disease & stroke
• National Stroke Association, Minnesota Chapter

Local

• Community-based initiative in Olmsted County for cardiovascular health
• Information about local public health agencies