Cardiovascular disease, including heart disease and stroke, is the leading cause of death in Mississippi, accounting for over a third of all deaths in the state. Mississippi's CVD mortality rate remains the highest in the nation.
Heart Health
- Heart Health
Simple steps to prevent heart disease - Heart Attack Signs and Symptoms
How to recognize a heart attack - Stroke Awareness and Prevention
Spot the signs of stroke - High Blood Pressure
Get the facts about high blood pressure and how you can control it. - Salt Intake
Facts about salt, sodium, and their effect on blood pressure (CDC)
About the Program
The Mission of the Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program is to promote and protect the cardiovascular health of the citizens of Mississippi.
Objective
To prevent, manage, and reduce the risk factors associated with heart disease and stroke by implementing health system interventions to improve effective delivery of care, community-clinical linkages to support prevention and management of high blood pressure and diabetes, and collecting and analyzing data to guide work.
Priorities
- Promote reporting of blood pressure and A1C measures; and as able, initiate activities that promote clinical innovations, team-based care, and self-monitoring of blood pressure.
- Promote awareness of high blood pressure among patients.
- Increase implementation of quality improvement processes in health systems and use of team-based care in health systems.
- Increase use of health-care extenders in support of self-management of high blood pressure.
Activities
- Build capacity to promote and implement policy and systems-level change strategies.
- Promote hypertension detection and control through innovations in health information technology, patient communication, and team-based care.
- Implement health system interventions to improve effective delivery of care.
- Define and report the burden of cardiovascular disease and associated risk factors.
- Promote community-clinical linkages to support prevention and management of high blood pressure and diabetes.
Documents and Resources
- Fact Sheets and Information
Cardiovascular health status of Mississippi - Reports
State prevention plans - Publications
Order printed materials on heart health - More resources and links
Statistics, posters and educational materials
Contact us at:
Find out more about how you can be tested for high blood pressure, and what you can do about it.
Contact your local health department.
Call our Office Of Preventive Health at 601-206-1559 or our Information Hotline, 1-866-HLTHY4U.
