Darwin Labarthe, MD, MPH, PhD
Plenary I
Preview of Public Health
Action Plan to Prevent
Heart Disease and Stroke –
2013 Update: Overview
and Discussion
Emeritus Founder of the National Forum,
Professor of Preventive Medicine at
Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of
Medicine
Sharon Moffatt, RN, BSN, MSN
Chair-Elect of the National Forum Board of
Directors, Association of State Territorial Health
Officials Delegate, and Chief of Health Promotion
and Disease Prevention for the Association of
State and Territorial Health Officials
www.nationalforum.org
@NatForumHDSP
Ten Action Priorities:
Effective Communication
Affordable Care Act
Communicate to legislators, policymakers and the public at large
the nation’s vital stake in sustaining the prevention and public
health provisions in the Affordable Care Act.
www.nationalforum.org
@NatForumHDSP
Ten Action Priorities:
Strategic Leadership, Partnerships, & Organization
Public health – healthcare collaboration
Integrate public health and health care into a public health
system effective in supporting community-level prevention
policies and programs.
www.nationalforum.org
@NatForumHDSP
Ten Action Priorities:
Taking Action
The Million Hearts® Initiative
Sign on to Million Hearts® as individuals and organizations, select
among the many opportunities to support it, and commit to
effective engagement.
www.nationalforum.org
@NatForumHDSP
Ten Action Priorities:
Taking Action
Cardiovascular health and health equity
Ensure that all actions taken to improve the nation’s
cardiovascular health toward 2020 goals reach everyone,
especially those most vulnerable to unfavorable social and
environmental conditions.
www.nationalforum.org
@NatForumHDSP
Ten Action Priorities:
Taking Action
Sodium and heart-healthy diet
Identify and act on opportunities to reduce sodium intake in the
community and achieve heart-healthy dietary patterns for all.
www.nationalforum.org
@NatForumHDSP
Ten Action Priorities:
Taking Action
Tobacco use and SHS exposure
Connect with efforts in tobacco control and smoke-free air
initiatives to maximize their impact in heart disease and stroke
prevention.
www.nationalforum.org
@NatForumHDSP
Ten Action Priorities:
Strengthening Capacity
Prevention workforce
Make full use of resources for education and training of the
prevention workforce at state and local levels.
www.nationalforum.org
@NatForumHDSP
Ten Action Priorities:
Evaluating Impact
Cardiovascular surveillance and Healthy People 2020
Advocate for a comprehensive, robust and timely system of
monitoring cardiovascular events (heart attacks, stroke, heart
failure) for the US population, including full adoption of the
“developmental” heart disease and stroke objectives of Healthy
People 2020.
www.nationalforum.org
@NatForumHDSP
Ten Action Priorities:
Advancing Policy Through Research
Research to advance policy and practice
Conduct needed implementation and dissemination science and
health economics research, including needed education and
training, in support of health policy development,
implementation and dissemination.
www.nationalforum.org
@NatForumHDSP
Ten Action Priorities:
Engaging in Regional and Global Collaborations
Collaboration in regional and global initiatives
Undertake collaborations in major regional and global
cardiovascular health initiatives, in the interest of improving
both US and global cardiovascular health.
www.nationalforum.org
@NatForumHDSP
Questions to Consider:
The 10 Action Priorities
Do you support these 10 action priorities? Are there any you
would add – if so, with what rationale?
www.nationalforum.org
@NatForumHDSP
Questions to Consider:
Your Organization’s Interests
How do these action priorities resonate with your organization’s
interests and activities? Which ones are you already taking
action on? Which ones would you newly commit to take action
on in the immediate future?
www.nationalforum.org
@NatForumHDSP
Questions to Consider:
Dissemination and Implementation
What are your 3 greatest ideas for dissemination and
implementation of the Action Plan 2013 Update at community,
state, and national levels?
www.nationalforum.org
@NatForumHDSP
Questions to Consider
The 10 action priorities
Do you support these 10 action priorities? Are there any you would add – if so, with what
rationale?
Your organization’s interests
How do these action priorities resonate with your organization’s interests and activities? Which
ones are you already taking action on? Which ones would you newly commit to take action on in
the immediate future?
Dissemination and implementation
What are your 3 greatest ideas for dissemination and implementation of the Action Plan 2013
Update at community, state, and national levels?
www.nationalforum.org
@NatForumHDSP