The North Carolina HDSP Program

In 1998, North Carolina was awarded funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to implement a state-based cardiovascular health program, now called the North Carolina Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program (NC HDSP Program). In 2002, the CDC awarded NC continuation funding for this program through 2007.

 

The NC HDSP Program focuses on systems-level change to create communities, work places, schools and health care systems that are supportive of cardiovascular health promotion and cardiovascular disease prevention.

 

Because of the complexity and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and risk factors, it takes multiple programs working together to make a difference. The NC HDSP Program seeks to work with multiple partner organizations - both public and private - in settings across the state to address physical inactivity, unhealthy eating, tobacco use, hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, and overweight/obesity, as well as emergency response and acute health care systems for heart attack and stroke.