Disparities in ideal cardiovascular health: a challenge or an opportunity?

Disparities in Ideal Cardiovascular Health: A Challenge or an Opportunity? Running title: Rodriguez; Disparities in ideal cardiovascular health

Achieving ideal cardiovascular and brain health: opportunity amid crisis: Presidential Address at the American Heart Association 2010 Scientific Sessions.

Good afternoon, and welcome to Scientific Sessions 2010. I am honored to be here with so many skilled and passionate professionals dedicated to scientific research and the fight against cardiovascular diseases and stroke. I would like to extend a special welcome to those of you who made the journey from any of the 100 nations represented here today. Our community is a global one, so this meetin...

Editorial Disparities in Ideal Cardiovascular Health

In 2010, the American Heart Association (AHA) declared 2020 health strategy goals to reduce deaths from cardiovascular disease and stroke by 20% and to improve the cardiovascular health (CVH) of all Americans by 20%.1 The latter goal is aimed at helping everyone living in the United States to achieve, or at least move toward, ideal CVH by focusing on 7 key health behaviors and risk factors—smok...

Racial Differences in Ideal Cardiovascular Health Metrics Among Mississippi Adults, 2009 Mississippi Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

INTRODUCTION Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death and health disparities in Mississippi. Identifying populations with poor cardiovascular health may help direct interventions toward those populations disproportionately affected, which may ultimately increase cardiovascular health and decrease prominent disparities. Our objective was to assess racial differences in the prevalence o...

Introduction to the special issue Disparities in cardiovascular health: Examining the contributions of social and behavioral factors.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of disability and death in the United States, accounting for 31.3% of all deaths in a given year (Mozaffarian et al., 2016). Importantly, risk factors for CVD, the incidence of CVD, and adverse outcomes associated with CVD are not experienced equally by all segments of society. Although there are variations depending on the specific cardiovascul...