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Taking Action for Heart-healthy and Stroke-free States

A Communication Guide for Policy and Environmental Change

The Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pleased to provide you with a new tool, Taking Action for Heart–healthy and Stroke–free States:  A Communication Guide for Policy and Environmental Change. This guide was developed to help you reduce the disabling, costly, and growing national tragedy of heart disease and stroke.

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NOTE: A Stroke Addendum to the Communication Guide was published in July, 2005.  You can view the addendum by chapters in the table below.

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Taking Action for Heart-healthy and Stroke-free States
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Chapter One:  Making the Case for Population-based Cardiovascular Health Interventions PDF (354K)
Chapter Two:  Learning About Policy and Environmental Change PDF (378K)
Chapter Three:  Expanding Your Reach and Influence Through Partnerships PDF (339K)
Chapter Four:  Developing a Communication Plan PDF (548K)
Chapter Five:  Working with the Media to Implement Your Plan PDF (420K)
Chapter Six:  Using Other Communication Strategies and Tactics to Implement Your Plan PDF (329K)
Appendix: Tools and Resources PDF (1.3 M)
Icon denoting a PDF fileYou may also download the Taking Action for Heart-healthy and Stroke-free States as a single PDF file. (2.4M)
Stroke Addendum
Chapter One: Making the Case for Stroke Communication PDF(71K)
Chapter Two: Working on Stroke Legislation PDF (75K)
Chapter Three: Stroke Materials Resource Guide PDF (124K)
Chapter Four: Communicating State Stroke Burden Documents PDF (69K)
Chapter Five: Stroke Communication Strategies and Tools PDF (72K)
Chapter Six: Additional Communication Strategies PDF (55K)
Icon denoting a PDF fileYou may also download the Stroke Addendum as a single PDF file. (271K)

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Date last reviewed: 11/21/2007
Content source: Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

  
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