Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of death and disability in the United States, placing a significant strain on individuals, families, and communities. Certain populations experience a heavier impact from CVD due to long-standing differences in access to care, social conditions, and health outcomes. Tackling these challenges calls for coordinated strategies to prevent and manage CVD risk factors – especially high blood pressure – across personal, community and broader systemic levels. 
 

To support this critical work, the NACCHO is proud to launch the Cardiovascular Health Community of Practice. 
 

What is the Cardiovascular Health Community of Practice? 
NACCHO’s Cardiovascular Health Community of Practice (CoP) is a collaborative space where local health departments (LHDs) can connect to share resources, success stories, and innovative strategies to combat cardiovascular disease while addressing non-medical drivers that affect health. 
 

Why Join the Community of Practice?
As a member of the Cardiovascular Health CoP, you will be able to: 

• Share and learn best practices for advancing strategies in CVD prevention.
• Collaborate with peers to generate innovative ideas and solutions for overcoming challenges in reducing CVD risk.
• Build a trusted network of experts committed to improving cardiovascular health in vulnerable communities. 

Create a free MyNACCHO account on Virtual Communities (or log in with your existing account) to access the Cardiovascular Health CoP forum and start connecting with your peers.

For questions, email us at [email protected].

Join Today!
 

NACCHO has partnered with local health departments and community organizations across the U.S. to advance health equity in cardiovascular disease prevention.

Explore our resource hub designed to support local health departments in advancing policies and programs that improve community-level cardiovascular health.

For any questions or requests to submit materials that could help other local health departments, please contact us at [email protected].

Explore two issue briefs on advancing cardiovascular disease prevention - one highlights how mayoral partnerships can strengthen public health, while the other examines facilitators, challenges, lessons learned, and resource needs from local health departments.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) teamed up with NACCHO to develop the new Million Hearts® in Municipalities Toolkit, a tool to help city, county, state, and regional partners implement Million Hearts® at the local level. Partners are encouraged to use one or more of the modules to address capacity needs related to goal-setting, partnerships, communications, and evaluation and monitoring progress. Each module includes a list of online resources that may be used to inform program design and implementation.

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