The Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program (HDSP) focuses on developing partnerships and advancing policy to strengthen capacity, evaluate impact and take actions for a heart-healthy and stroke-free Oregon.
Priorities
HDSP priorities, as determined by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, include:
- Controlling high blood pressure and cholesterol
- Recognizing the signs and symptoms of heart attack and stroke and taking appropriate actions
- Improving emergency response
- Improving quality of care
- Eliminating health disparities between population groups
Vision
"In Motion Towards a Heart-Healthy and Stroke-Free Oregon."
Mission
Oregon’s Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (HDSP) Program works in partnership with public and private sector groups and organizations from health care, work site, and community settings to affect policy and systems level change. The HDSP Program strives to address all points of opportunity, from prevention of heart disease and stroke in healthy persons to controlling risk factors, treatment of illness and prevention of recurrence in those who have had an event, as well as issues related to rehabilitation, long-term, and end-of-life care.
What We Do
The Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program is part of the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section in the Center for Prevention and Health Promotion. Search the Public Health Program Directory to see all programs in the Oregon Public Health Division.