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Cardiovascular Disease Clinical

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Aim

Clinical Goal:

  1. Improve hypertension control

Metrics

The following RHIP Health Indicator Metrics apply to the Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Workgroup:

  1. Increase the percentage of OHP participants with high blood pressure that is controlled (<140/90mmHg) from 64% to 68% (Baseline: QIM NQF 0018 – Controlling high blood pressure, 2014).
  2. Decrease the prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults from 18% to 16% (Baseline: Oregon BRFSS, 2010-13; QIM Cigarette Smoking Prevalence).
  3. Decrease the prevalence of smoking among 11th and 8th graders from 12% and 6%, respectively to 9% and 3%, respectively (Baseline: Oregon Healthy Teens Survey, 2013).

A3

Tobacco Marketing Tactics A3
(Attached Fishbone Diagram)

Hypertension Control A3
(Attached Fishbone Diagram)
(Attached Completion Plan)

Packets

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Developed Materials

  • Handout Size: Blood Pressure – Did You Know? (click here for this document in Spanish)
  • Blood Pressure Sign (click here for this document in Spanish) (developed by Mosaic Medical)
  • Quitting Tobacco Handout (click here for this document in Spanish)
  • Oregon Quit Line Resource
  • Tobacco Cessation Insurance Coverages: Central Oregon

Charter

Click here to view the charter for the Cardiovascular Disease Clinical RHIP Workgroup.

Funded Initiatives

Central Oregon Youth Tobacco Photovoice

The Central Oregon Youth Tobacco Photovoice Project will give voice to young people throughout the Central Oregon region about the harmful impacts of tobacco as they experience them. The project aims to empower and equip ...

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Clinic and Community Hypertension Control Presentations

The Crook County Health Department was awarded a grant to help facilitate educational presentations regarding hypertension control in the Central Oregon region. The presentations will be given by Dr Mark Backus from Cascade Internal Medicine. ...

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Blood Pressure Marketing Campaign

Nearly half of all adults in America, or approximately 82,000 in Central Oregon, have high blood pressure. Due to the lack of symptoms, many of them do not even know it. This campaign is aimed ...

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