Aim
Prevention Goals:
- Increase awareness of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease including tobacco use, uncontrolled hypertension, high cholesterol, obesity, physical inactivity, unhealthy diets, and diabetes.
- Decrease the proportion of adults and children at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
Metrics
The following RHIP Health Indicator Metrics apply to the Cardiovascular Disease & Diabetes Prevention Workgroup:
- Decrease the prevalence of adults who report no leisure time physical activity from 16% in Crook County, 14% in Deschutes County and 17% in Jefferson County to 14%, 12%, and 15 % respectively (Baseline: Oregon BRFSS, 2010-13).
- Decrease the prevalence of 11th graders and 8th graders who 0 days of physical activity from 11% and 6% to 10% and 5%, respectively (Baseline: Oregon Healthy Teens, 2013).
- Decrease the prevalence of adults who are overweight (BMI 25 to 29.9) from 33% to 31% (Baseline: Oregon BRFSS 2010-13).
- Decrease the prevalence of 11th graders and 8th graders who are overweight from 14% and 16%, respectively, to 13% and 14%, respectively (Baseline: Oregon Healthy Teens, 2013).
- Decrease the percentage of OHP participants with BMI greater than 30 from 31.5% to 30.9% (Baseline: Oregon State Core Performance Measure, MBRFSS 2014).
Developed Materials
This workgroup has not developed any materials yet.
Funded Initiatives
High Desert Food and Farm Alliance
The High Desert Food and Farm Alliance’s mission is to increase access to fresh healthy food, support sustainable farm land use, and foster relationships among farmers and consumers. Their project involves developing and disseminating a ...
Diabetes Prevention Program
The goal of the Central Oregon Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) is to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in high-risk individual in Central Oregon. This is accomplished through a coordinated ...
Commute Options
Commute Options is bringing the Walking School Bus program across Deschutes, Jefferson, Crook and northern Klamath counties with funding provided by the Central Oregon Health Council. Through healthy transportation choices, Commute Options encourages the wellness ...
Rx to Move
Mosaic Medical, with funding support from the Central Oregon Health Council, is expanding the Rx to Move project. Through the pilot phase, we found that a prescription from primary care providers for physical activity will ...
Kids in Parks: Central Oregon Pilot
The Children’s Forest of Central Oregon is launching the successful national program, Kids in Parks, in Central Oregon, focusing on Prineville and Madras. This project will inspire kids and families from Crook and Jefferson Counties ...
Nutrition Education Program Volunteer Coordinator
OSU Extension Nutrition Education Volunteer Program trains volunteers with evidenced-based information to deliver nutrition education. The trained volunteers will extend our nutrition education messaging to SNAP eligible adults at food pantries, community events and other ...
About Workgroups
The Central Oregon Health Council assembled RHIP workgroups, groups of community professionals focused on some aspect of the Regional Health Improvement Plan, in 2016 to strategize and address the RHIP health indicators for each area of focus.