A Comprehensive Approach to University Wellness Emphasizing Million Hearts® Demonstrates Improvement in Population Cardiovascular Risk
Purpose: This study evaluated changes in university faculty and staff cardiovascular population risk over a three-year period after the implementation of the Million Hearts®' initiative, which targets the ABCS for cardiac care (i.e., Appropriate aspirin therapy, Blood pressure control, Choleste...
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| author | Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk Gregg M. Gascon Megan Amaya Laxmi S. Mehta |
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| description | Purpose: This study evaluated changes in university faculty and staff cardiovascular population risk over a three-year period after the implementation of the Million Hearts®' initiative, which targets the ABCS for cardiac care (i.e., Appropriate aspirin therapy, Blood pressure control, Cholesterol management, and Smoking cessation), with an additional S for Stress reduction.
Methods: Using a longitudinal descriptive analysis of population cardiovascular health from 2012 to 2015, the Framingham Risk criteria for over 28,000 continuously-enrolled university faculty and staff were examined in a quality improvement initiative following the implementation of the Million Hearts® national initiative. Launched in 2011 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Center for Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services, the initiative targets modifiable risk factors to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes by 2022.
Results: Faculty and staff with low-risk Framingham scores increased from 7.8 % to 14.1 % from 2012 to 2015.
Conclusion: Although this study was not a randomized controlled trial, findings support a comprehensive integrated approach to population health and wellness, emphasizing the ABCS of Million Hearts® with an added S for Stress reduction, can improve cardiovascular disease risk. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5967a5f8126847e29d578ab16a1b80e42022-12-21T23:37:13ZengThe Ohio State University LibrariesBuilding Healthy Academic Communities Journal2573-76432018-11-012261110.18061/bhac.v2i2.65554157A Comprehensive Approach to University Wellness Emphasizing Million Hearts® Demonstrates Improvement in Population Cardiovascular RiskBernadette Mazurek Melnyk0Gregg M. Gascon1Megan Amaya2Laxmi S. Mehta3The Ohio State UniversityThe Ohio State University Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of MedicineThe Ohio State University College of NursingThe Ohio State University College of MedicinePurpose: This study evaluated changes in university faculty and staff cardiovascular population risk over a three-year period after the implementation of the Million Hearts®' initiative, which targets the ABCS for cardiac care (i.e., Appropriate aspirin therapy, Blood pressure control, Cholesterol management, and Smoking cessation), with an additional S for Stress reduction. Methods: Using a longitudinal descriptive analysis of population cardiovascular health from 2012 to 2015, the Framingham Risk criteria for over 28,000 continuously-enrolled university faculty and staff were examined in a quality improvement initiative following the implementation of the Million Hearts® national initiative. Launched in 2011 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Center for Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services, the initiative targets modifiable risk factors to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes by 2022. Results: Faculty and staff with low-risk Framingham scores increased from 7.8 % to 14.1 % from 2012 to 2015. Conclusion: Although this study was not a randomized controlled trial, findings support a comprehensive integrated approach to population health and wellness, emphasizing the ABCS of Million Hearts® with an added S for Stress reduction, can improve cardiovascular disease risk.https://library.osu.edu/ojs/index.php/BHAC/article/view/6555Cardiovascular riskFramingham scorespopulation healthuniversity |
| spellingShingle | Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk Gregg M. Gascon Megan Amaya Laxmi S. Mehta A Comprehensive Approach to University Wellness Emphasizing Million Hearts® Demonstrates Improvement in Population Cardiovascular Risk Building Healthy Academic Communities Journal Cardiovascular risk Framingham scores population health university |
| title | A Comprehensive Approach to University Wellness Emphasizing Million Hearts® Demonstrates Improvement in Population Cardiovascular Risk |
| title_full | A Comprehensive Approach to University Wellness Emphasizing Million Hearts® Demonstrates Improvement in Population Cardiovascular Risk |
| title_fullStr | A Comprehensive Approach to University Wellness Emphasizing Million Hearts® Demonstrates Improvement in Population Cardiovascular Risk |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Comprehensive Approach to University Wellness Emphasizing Million Hearts® Demonstrates Improvement in Population Cardiovascular Risk |
| title_short | A Comprehensive Approach to University Wellness Emphasizing Million Hearts® Demonstrates Improvement in Population Cardiovascular Risk |
| title_sort | comprehensive approach to university wellness emphasizing million hearts r demonstrates improvement in population cardiovascular risk |
| topic | Cardiovascular risk Framingham scores population health university |
| url | https://library.osu.edu/ojs/index.php/BHAC/article/view/6555 |
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