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Program Requirement Review
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In This Issue:
Program Requirement #2: Required and Additional Services
Program Requirement #6: Hospital Admitting Privileges and Continuum of Care
Program Requirement #8: Quality Improvement/Assurance Plan
Click here to access the Program Requirement Review in the full newsletter.
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Heart Disease Awareness Month
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Heart Disease in Disadvantaged Populations
In the U.S. every adult is at risk for heart disease. Heart disease is and has been the leading cause of death in America. Every year more than 385,000 people die from coronary heart disease and about three times as many people have heart attacks. The most vulnerable populations are minorities, low income persons, and those with limited education. To learn more about heart health issues, click here.
Pediatric Heart Disease Prevention
Heart disease used to be an older person's disease, but adults are beginning to experience more heart related health problems earlier in life. These problems often result from unhealthy behaviors adopted in their youth . Therefore it is important to decrease the incidence of obesity, hypertension, and smoking in children and teens to prevent heart disease later in life. To learn more about preventive measures for children, click here.
Know your ABCS
The Million Hearts Initiative tackles the issue of cardiovascular disease in America. The goal is to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes within the next five years. In order to do that, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) developed a simple acronym to remember that illustrates the strategic plan to achieve this goal: appropriate aspirin therapy, blood pressure control, cholesterol management, and smoking cessation. Click here to access the full newsletter to learn more. |
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The National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH), a project of North American Management, is supported in part by a cooperative agreement grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
This publication was made possible by grant number U30CS09734 from the Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care and its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of HRSA.
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