Resources

Consumer and Patient Education Materials

Patient and consumer education brochures for at-risk patients and groups to promote healthy living and managing and preventing disease. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200021

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2009 Update

Up-to-date statistics on heart disease, stroke, and other vascular diseases and their risk factors presented in a report from the AHA Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Committee.
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/CIRCULATIONAHA. 108.191261

Achieving a Heart-Healthy and Stroke-Free Nation: The Burden of Heart Disease and Stroke in the United States

Publication on reducing the major health burden created by heart disease and stroke, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
http://www.healthierus.gov/steps/ summit/prevportfolio/strategies/reducing/heart/burden.htm

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Federal agency charged with improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.
http://www.ahrq.gov

Almanac of Chronic Disease – 2008 Edition

Report from the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) that provides comprehensive facts on the human and economic cost of chronic disease today and in the future.
http://www.fightchronicdisease.org/pdfs/PFCD_FINAL_PRINT.pdf (PDF, 4.48 M)

American Evaluation Association (AEA)

An international professional association of evaluators, devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and other types of evaluation.
http://www.eval.org/resources.asp

Basic Guide to Program Evaluation

Guidance on planning and implementing an evaluation process for nonprofit and profit programs.
http://www.managementhelp.org/evaluatn/fnl_eval.htm

Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc.

Downloadable material on research and evaluation to increase gender and race equity in math, science and technology education.
http://www.campbell-kibler.com*

Cardiovascular Health Partners Web Portal

Information available from cardiovascular health partners involved in strategic relationships to fight heart disease and stroke.
http://www.heartandstrokepartners.org

Center for Health Services Research and Policy

Information on improving access to quality, affordable health care, from George Washington University's School of Public Health and Health Services.
http://www.gwhealthpolicy.org/chsrp/

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Federal agency responsible for administering the Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, HIPAA, CLIA, and other health-related programs.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/

Community Planning Guide, Deciding Where We Want to Go

This guide was designed for planning tobacco control interventions, but it provides a process for determining priorities of possible interventions.

Module 1: Overview of Communities of Excellence in Tobacco Framework.
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/tobacco/Documents/CTCPCX2006-Module1.pdf (PDF, 3.9MB)
Module 2: Conducting a Communities of Excellence Needs Assessment.
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/tobacco/Documents/CTCPCX2006-Module2.pdf (PDF, 2.5MB)
Module 3: Priority Populations Speak About Tobacco Control.
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/tobacco/Documents/CTCPCX2006-Module3.pdf (PDF, 1.6MB)
Module 4: Developing a Tobacco Control Intervention and Evaluation Plan.
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/tobacco/Documents/CTCPCX2006-Module4.pdf (PDF, 1.4MB)

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