Contact
For additional information on CDC's National Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program Training, contact:
Linda J. Redman
CDC/NCCDPHP
Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
4770 Buford Hwy NE
Mailstop K-47
Atlanta, GA 30341
Telephone: 770-488-8056
Fax: 770-488-8151
E-mail: lxr7@cdc.gov
Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:
This session focuses on the Kansas Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program (KHDSPP) and the Missouri Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program (MHDSPP) that are collaborating with the Mid-America Coalition on Health Care (MACHC) in a unique public-private partnership for the purpose of developing and promoting a heart healthy and stroke free worksite wellness model program. Initial efforts are focused in the 14 county, bi-state Kansas City metropolitan area to develop a model that can be replicated across states both in urban and rural areas.
This initiative builds upon the concepts contained in the Successful Business Strategies to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke toolkit and the MACHC's nationally recognized Community Initiative on Depression (recognized by the Institute for Medicine as one of the nation’s leading community approach to depression). Partners are seeking to develop a comprehensive worksite wellness model integrating, and evaluating benefits design, employee heath risks and worksite wellness activities. The membership profile of MACHC and its unique non-profit, collaborative approach to assembling all health care stakeholders provides access to a diverse range of workforce demographics, business type, size and fiscal profile.
The Design Team includes representatives from the KHDSPP, the MHDSPP, the MACHC, and the Kansas Health Institute and CDC representatives as consultants. To date, the partnership has completed an information gathering and due diligence including an extensive literature review and meta analysis of employer best practices, the completion of thirteen of thirteen 1:1 employer interviews with key employers in the greater Kansas City region and the establishment of relationships with national and regional leadership in both clinical and worksite cardiovascular health.
Currently, the partnership is in Phase II of the project, convening an Employer Steering Committee of corporate human resource executives interested in designing a large scale Community Initiative on Cardiovascular Health and Disease, with a predominant worksite heart disease and stroke prevention component.
