Links & Resources
This page links to several web sites that have additional information about heart disease, stroke, and related risk factors.
Local and State
- Minnesota Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Steering Committee
- Heart of Many Nations Curriculum
- Heart Safe Communities
- Minnesota Stroke Partnership
- Minnesota Stroke Registry
- Minnesota Acute Stroke System
- Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium
- Minnesota Stroke Association
- Healthy Minnesotans: Strategies for Public Health
- Office of Statewide Health Improvement Initiatives (OSHII)
- Trailhead: Local Public Health
National
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
- American Heart Association
- National Stroke Association
- Great Lakes Regional Stroke Network
- Peripheral Arterial Disease Coalition
- Vascular Disease Foundation
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Healthy People 2020: Heart Disease and Stroke
Special Topics
Quality Improvement Initiatives: Local
- Minnesota Stroke Registry
- Minnesota Health Care Quality Measures
- Minnesota Community Measurement
- Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers
- Neighborhood Health Care Network
- Stratis Health
Quality Improvement Initiatives: National
- CDC Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry
- Improving Chronic Illness Care
- Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
- Clinical Guidelines and Scientific Statements
- CDC: Heart Disease Guidelines and Recommendations
- American Heart Association Statements & Guidelines
- American Academy of Neurology Practice Guidelines & Tools
- Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) Guidelines
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
- The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack (ALLHAT) Trial
Minority and Multicultural Health
- Office of Minority and Multicultural Health (Minnesota Department of Health)
- DiversityRx
- Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change Initiative
- Health Exchange
- Health Information Translations
- Healthy Roads Media
- WellShare International
- Culture Care Connection
- U.S. Department of Health & Health Services, Office of Minority Health
- Multicultural Health Evaluation Publications from The California Endowment
to the Minnesota Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Connection online newsletter!
HDSP Announcements
- CDC Million Hearts Campaign
Be one in a Million Hearts and see how your actions can make a positive difference. A Million Hearts begins with you. - Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Implementation Report
