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In the newest episode of The Heart of the Matter, titled, “Messages That Matter: Moving Communities from Awareness to Action,” CDC Foundation leaders Kinetra Joseph and Ginger Williford share how nationally recognized campaigns like Hypertension Bites and Live2theBeat were built using behavioral science, audience research, and social marketing principles—and, more importantly, how state and local health departments can leverage these free resources to strengthen their own outreach efforts.

Access the campaign toolkit and other resources for Hypertension Bites at: https://www.mybpcontrol.org/resources/campaign-toolkit

In this episode of The Heart of the Matter, titled, “Partners with Purpose Improving Blood Pressure Control,” Jenny Bogard, Founder and Managing Partner of Commonality and leader of the National Hypertension Control Roundtable, explains why local public health agencies bring a perspective no other sector can provide. From identifying implementation gaps to building trusted community partnerships, health departments are uniquely positioned to translate evidence into action.

Learn more and get involved with the National Hypertension Control Roundtable at: https://hypertensioncontrol.org/

Many states are working to improve cardiovascular health outcomes leveraging learning collaboratives to help build trust, develop shared goals, and cultivate partnerships needed for organizations to work together more effectively. In the newest episode of The Heart of the Matter, Ashley Arezou Minaei shares Alaska's lessons learned implementing a learning collaborative with their partners. Minaei is an NACDD Board of Directors At-Large-Director and the Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program Manager at the Alaska Department of Health.

Successes with Self Monitored Blood Pressure: Rural Health Lessons Learned by NACDD

In this episode, Dr. Malissa Wood, Vice President and Chief Physician Executive at the Lee Health Heart Institute, highlights best practices in managing hypertension in pregnancy.

The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) released a new, groundbreaking Social Justice Framework (https://chronicdisease.org/nacdd-releases-transformative-social-justice-framework-to-guide-public-health-practice/), which was created to provide public health practitioners with a blueprint for embedding social justice into the work of chronic disease programs. For American Heart Month 2024, we sit down with Robyn Taylor, NACDD's VP of the Center for Social Justice to understand how the framework could be applied to cardiovascular disease prevention and health promotion.

This month's episode features Drs. Stephanie McGrath and Kelsey Hake from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy (Million Hearts Health Equity Implementation funding recipients) and Troy Trygstad from the Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network highlighting successes and lessons learned in state and national pharmacy engagement strategies for cardiovascular disease prevention and health promotion.

In this episode, Dr. Letitia Presley-Cantrell from the CDC and Dr. Karol Watson from UCLA have a dynamic discussion about the health disparities African American women experience in cardiovascular health.

As we close out American Heart Month, the NACDD CVH Team remains committed to invigorating the field of cardiovascular disease and health promotion and helping to set direction for the future. We’re excited to share the inaugural episode of The Heart of the Matter, a new podcast to highlight best practices and innovation in cardiovascular disease prevention and health promotion. Learn more about John Hopkins employee wellness strategies: https://millionhearts.hhs.gov/partners-progress/hospitals-health-systems/johns-hopkins.html.

Episode 3: Board President Kristi Pier begins the conversation with Julia Caplan and Holly Nickel from the Public Health Institute where they focus on community resilience and wellbeing.

Questions asked:

1. Tell me about Health in All Policies. How does it support well-being in all communities?

2. I understand your Health in All Policies work has evolved over the years to focus more on racial equity. What can you tell us about that shift? In an ideal world, what would Health in All Policies look like? What is your vision of a community where health in all policies has been fully adopted?

3. Your program, State of Equity at the Public Health Institute, facilitates the Capitol Collaborative on Race & Equity (CCORE) that arose from your Health in All Policies work. What is the high-level overview of that work? How can or do states engage with CCORE to support cross-sector partnerships?

4. Tell us more about how PHI defines a healthy community? What is the significance of addressing racial equity in supporting resilience in community health?

5. How do the relationships developed through the CCORE training cohorts support community resilience? Are there ways this is being measured or tracked?

6. What are some lessons learned from implementing HiaP and CCORE in California? What recommendations or advice do you have for states and organizations who are just getting started?

Learning Objectives

· Define what makes a resilience-centered program

· Identify areas in which organizations and staff can increase resilience in their teams and communities

· Apply lessons learned from resilience-focused leaders in public health to current and future programs

The 2022 NACDD Board President’s Challenge Podcast examines how to build resilience at all levels of the socioecological model. In this seven-part series Board President Kristi Pier interviews leaders from across the country who are working in public health at the societal, community, interpersonal, and individual levels to learn promising practices and next steps to building environments supportive of resilience and well-being.