title: It takes a community: The North Carolina Division of Public Health and the North Carolina area health education center program partner to reduce strokes and heart attacks.
abstract: The North Carolina Division of Public Health is leading a statewide project using a combination of approaches to address cardiovascular risk factors including obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and cigarette smoking. The objectives are to decrease tobacco use, increase physical activity, improve nutrition, and increase access to evidence-based clinical preventive services targeting hypertension, hypercholestrolemia, tobacco use, and weight management.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. samuel_cykert@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cykert
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000517:prevention & control; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006077:Government Agencies; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000517:prevention & control; D006973:Hypertension / Q000517:prevention & control; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009657:North Carolina; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control; D011634:Public Health; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D020521:Stroke / Q000517:prevention & control*