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Appendix C: A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke
Pages 209-214

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... Initiate policy development in CVH promotion and CVD preven tion at national, state, and local levels to assure effective public health action against heart disease and stroke. In addition, eval uate policies in non-health sectors (e.g., education, agriculture, transportation, community planning)
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... 7. Develop and disseminate model performance standards and core competencies in CVD prevention and CVH promotion for na tional, state, and local public health agencies, including their laboratories.
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... 11. Develop the public health infrastructure, build personnel compe tencies, and enhance communication systems so that federal, state, and local public health agencies can communicate surveillance and evaluation results in a timely and effective manner.
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... 21. Strengthen the global focus of public health agencies in the United States and their partners on CVH and increase their participation in partnerships intended to a)
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... 22. Promote and support research on implementing and evaluating CVH policy interventions in diverse settings where different social and economic development and health transition experiences offer contrasting conditions for testing new intervention approaches.
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