1 / 21

Healthy Hearts and Healthy People 2020

Healthy Hearts and Healthy People 2020. Presented By: Jessica Nichols, Chukwudi Okeke, Danielle Nadeau, Tiffany Norman, Nikki Newman, Tien Nim, and Ashley Newcomer. Status For The Nation. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States

quana
Download Presentation

Healthy Hearts and Healthy People 2020

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. HealthyHearts and HealthyPeople 2020 Presented By: Jessica Nichols, Chukwudi Okeke, Danielle Nadeau, Tiffany Norman, Nikki Newman, Tien Nim, and Ashley Newcomer

  2. Status ForTheNation • Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States • Tobacco use, poor diet, and lack of exercise are the major modifiable risk factors that cause heart disease. Currently more than 1 in 3 adults (81.1 million) live with 1 or more types of cardiovascular disease.

  3. Health Status of Richmond, Va

  4. Trends for Heart Disease Deaths National trend related to coronary heart disease deaths

  5. Healthy People 2020 Objectives • Increase overal cardiovascular health in the U.S. population • Reduce tobacco use by adolescents • Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents with hypertension • Increase the proportion of adolescents who meet current Federal physical activity guidelines for aerobic physicial activity and muscle-strengthening activity www.HealthyPeople.gov

  6. Smoking Not As Trendy

  7. Unhealthy Eating • Many processed foods contain chemicals and preservatives that are harmful to the body.

  8. Portion Size Calorie Comparison

  9. Healthy Choices

  10. Smoking in Virginia Retrieved from: http://vaperforms.virginia.gov/indicators/healthfamily/smoking.php

  11. Programs in Richmond, VA • Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth, individual programs include: • Anti-tobacco Media Blitz • Keep a clear mind • Teens tackle Tobacco • Youth Media Network

  12. Not Enough is Being Done • Only Alaska and North Dakota are funding anti-tobacco programs at CDC levels (Tobaccofreekids.org) • Over the past 15 years, the states have received $390.8 billion in tobacco-generated revenue • Only 2.3% of their tobacco money ($8.9 billion) is spent on tobacco prevention programs.

  13. Why Prevention Programs Work • Tobacco programs have proved to be highly effective in that they • Reduce smoking • Save lives • Save money

  14. Successful Programs • In 2013, CDC’s Anti-smoking Ad Campaign urged over 100,000 smokers to quit • Programs through public schools are successful because children spend a third of their time in school, and much of the peer pressure associated with smoking occurs in school

  15. How programs are successful • State and Community Based Interventions • Programs in communities are the base for any state-wide interventions • Many communities have local foundations that support charitable and educational initiatives in their local area

  16. Current Grantees • For the 2014-2016 period - 20 grants totaling $1.2 million have been issued for Healthy Communities Action Team grants to prevent childhood obesity. • 55 grants were awarded to for Youth Tobacco-use prevention for the 2012-2015 period in Virginia – one of which was $98,114 to the Richmond City Health District

  17. New Developments • Kick Butts Day – Next year will be held on March 18, 2015.

  18. Virginia Healthy Youth Day • Held annually in Richmond, Virginia Healthy Youth Day focuses on promoting healthy lifestyles among Virginia’s children through eating healthy, exercising, and avoiding tobacco products.

  19. References CDC’s Anti-Smoking Ad Campaign Spurred Over 100,000 Smokers to Quit; Media Campaigns Must be Expanded Nationally and in the States. (2013, September 9). Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids. Retrieved from http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/press_releases/post/2013_09_09_cdc Cigarette smoking among Virginia high school students down. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.vfhy.org/about- us/news/cigarette-smoking-among-va-high-school-students-down Healthy People 2014 Healthy People 2020 topics & objectives: Healthy People. (2014). Healthy People 2020 topics & objectives. Retrieved July 18, 2014, from http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/default.aspx 201407232050171250925660 Kick Butts Day. (2014, April 16) Retrieved from http://www.kickbuttsday.org/ Lloyd-Jones D, Adams RJ, Brown TM, et al. Heart disease and stroke statistics—2010 update: A report from the American Heart Association statistics committee and stroke statistics subcommittee. Circulation. 2010;121:e1-e170.

  20. References Cont’d Smoking. (2014, January 21). Virginia Performs: Vision Focus Results. Retrieved from http://vaperforms.virginia.gov/indicators/healthfamily/smoking.php Tobacco. (2014) Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth. Retrieved from http://www.vfhy.org/tobacco Tobacco-free funding sources for school anti-smoking programs. (2011, June 23). Campaign for Tobacco-free kids. Retrieved from http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0155.pdf Virginia.gov. (2014). Measuring cardiovascular disease in Virginia - Virginia Performs. Retrieved July 18, 2014, from http://vaperforms.virginia.gov/indicators/healthfamily/cardiovascularDisease.php

More Related