Educational Materials for Professionals

Fact Sheets

Heart Disease

• Heart Disease Fact Sheet
• Men and Heart Disease
• Women and Heart Disease
• Atrial Fibrillation Fact Sheet
• Heart Failure Fact Sheet
• Know the Signs and Symptoms of a Heart Attack
• American Indian and Alaska Native Heart Disease and Stroke Fact Sheet

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Stroke

• Recognizing Signs and Symptoms of Stroke: Arkansas Stroke Registry [PDF-215K]
• Educating First Responders to Improve Stroke Care: Georgia Stroke Registry [PDF-142K]
• Improving Stroke Care in Nursing Homes: Massachusetts Stroke Registry [PDF-132K]
• Stroke Fact Sheet
• Know the Signs and Symptoms of Stroke
• American Indian and Alaska Native Heart Disease and Stroke Fact Sheet

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Cholesterol

• Cholesterol Fact Sheet

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High Blood Pressure

• High Blood Pressure Fact Sheet
• Pulmonary Hypertension

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Salt

• Sodium Fact Sheet

State Public Health Actions Program

• NHDSP Program Addresses Cardiac Rehabilitation
• NHDSP Program Addresses Heart Attack Prevention
• NHDSP Program Addresses High Blood Cholesterol
• NHDSP Program Addresses High Blood Pressure
• NHDSP Program Addresses Stroke
• NHDSP Program in Health Care Settings to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke
• The Stroke and Heart Attack Prevention Program (SHAPP)
• NHDSP Addresses Prehospital Emergency Medical Response

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Infographics

• Cardiac Arrest Infographic [PDF-1M]
  Cardiac arrest is sudden loss of the heart’s function. This means the heart stops beating and pumping the blood needed to maintain organ function and life. Cardiac arrest is caused by a severe malfunction of the heart’s electrical and mechanical activity. While heart attack and cardiac arrest are often linked (i.e., heart attack can cause cardiac arrest), they differ in important ways. Cardiac arrest happens more quickly and its effects are more severe than heart attack.

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Data and Statistics

• Data Trends & Maps
  To meet national and state level needs for cardiovascular disease (CVD) data, CDC has developed a National Cardiovascular Disease Surveillance System. The system is designed to integrate multiple indicators from many data sources to provide a comprehensive picture of the public health burden of CVDs and associated risk factors in the United States.
• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
  Information about health conditions and behaviors in the United States from the BRFSS, the world’s largest ongoing telephone health survey.
• FASTATS
  Statistics on public health topics; links to sources of additional data and related Web pages.
• Global Cardiovascular Infobase
  Information on how heart disease is being addressed in the developing world. Data on demographics, mortality, morbidity, risk factors, and related health care are linked to interactive country maps.
• G8 Promoting Heart Health
  Information about this initiative, which aims to disseminate best practices from various countries for implementing interventions to prevent heart disease.

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Maps

• Interactive Maps
• Heart Disease and Stroke Maps
• Data Trends & Maps

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Reports, Guidelines and Recommendations

• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports

Guidelines

• Markers of Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease: Application to Clinical and Public Health Practice
  A Statement for Healthcare Professionals from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Heart Association. Published in the journal Circulation.
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
  An independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention that systematically reviews the evidence of effectiveness and develops recommendations for clinical preventive services.
• Guide to Community Preventive Services
  The Community Guide summarizes what is known about the effectiveness, economic efficiency, and feasibility of interventions to promote community health and prevent disease.

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Training and Other Professional Development

• The Roadmap: A Systematic Approach to State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Programs
  The Roadmap is a Web-based resource for training and information to help build the competencies needed by state Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (HDSP) Program Coordinators. It provides suggested steps for carrying out requirements of the HDSP Program as well as easy online access to training, tools, and other resources needed for successful program development and implementation. The Roadmap offers information on four key areas of programmatic activities for developing and implementing a heart disease and stroke prevention program, including What to Do and How to Do It.
• Promoting Policy and Systems Change to Expand Employment of Community Health Workers (CHWs) eLearning
  This course is designed to provide state programs and other stakeholders with basic knowledge about CHWs, such as official definitions, workforce development, and other topic areas. The course also covers how states can become engaged in policy and systems change efforts to establish sustainability for the work of CHWs, including examples of states that have proven success in this arena.
• The Community Health Worker's Sourcebook: a Training Manual for Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke
  The sourcebook contains information and activities on heart disease and stroke and on the major risk factors for these diseases in adults. It also contains information on risk factors that begin in childhood. Additionally, it addresses people’s adherence to treatment and their communication with health care providers. Because the sourcebook contains some technical information, it is recommended for Community Health Workers (CHWs) who already have some experience in their profession.

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