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Example Evidence-based Interventions at a Glance
INTERVENTION	POPULATION		SETTING	STRATEGY
	Age	Race/Ethnicity		Campaigns and Promotions
Increasing Employee Awareness of Heart Attack	Adults & Seniors	All	Worksite
Lowfat Lucy	Children	Hispanic	School
Multifaceted mass media campaign on the warning signs of stroke	All	All	Community
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INTERVENTION	POPULATION		SETTING	STRATEGY
	Age	Race/Ethnicity		Provider Education
Incorporating Stroke Prevention into Medical School Curriculum	Young Adults and Adults	All	School
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INTERVENTION	POPULATION		SETTING	STRATEGY
	Age	Race/Ethnicity		Group Education
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction for Tenth Graders	Teens	All	School
Cardiovascular Health Education Program (CHEP)	Teens	All	School
Community-based secondary stroke prevention program	Seniors	Other	Community
Exercise and Health Programs to Improve Cardiovascular Health in Schoolchildren	Children	All	School
Fitness and Mobility Exercise Program (FAME)	Seniors	All	Community
HeartPower!	Children	All	School
Hearts For Life: A Community Program on Heart Health Promotion	Young Adults, Adults, Seniors	All	Community
Promoting Heart Health in Women Municipal Workers	Adults	All	Worksite
Relaxation and management of stress for hypertension	Adults, Seniors	All	Worksite
The PATH program: Physical Activity and Teenage Health	Teens	All	School
WOMAN Study (Women On the Move through Activity and Nutrition)	Seniors	All	Health care facility
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INTERVENTION	POPULATION		SETTING	STRATEGY
	Age	Race/Ethnicity		Supportive Relationships
Family Support Organizer for Stroke Victims	Adults, Seniors	All	Home, Health care
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INTERVENTION	POPULATION		SETTING	STRATEGY
	Age	Race/Ethnicity		Multiple Strategies
Asheville Pharmacy Model Project (NEW)	Adults	All	Health care facility	Individual Education, Supportive Relationships, Environment & Policies
Birmingham Heart Disease Prevention Project	Young Adults, Adults, Seniors	All	Worksite	Campaigns & Promotions, Group Education, Environments & Policies
Cardiovascular Dietary Education Systems (CARDES)	Adults, Seniors	Black	Community	Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Cardiovascular Risk Management by Community Pharmacists	Adults, Seniors	All	Worksite	Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Change of Heart	Young adults,    Adults, Seniors	All	Health care facility	Provider Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Cholesterol screening with brief health care provider counseling	Adults	All	Worksite	Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Choose to Move	Young adults, Adults, Seniors	All	Home	Campaigns & Promotions, Individual Education
Combined Community Strategy to Reduce Cholesterol and Other Risk Factors	All	Other	Community	School, Worksite, Faith-based, Community, Home, Health care facility
Community-based cardiovascular disease risk prevention	All	All	Community	Campaigns & Promotions, Group Education, Individual Education, Environments & Policies
Community-based multiple risk factor intervention	Adults, Seniors	Black	Community	Group Education, Supportive Relationships, Environments & Policies
Community Education for Cardiovascular Health	Adults	All	Community, Home	Campaigns & Promotions, Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Computer-based program for patients with heart failure	Seniors	All	Health care facility	Group Education, Individual Education
Computer-generated personalized goals for cholesterol lowering	Adults, Seniors	All	Health care facility	Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Coronary Health Improvement Project (CHIP)	Adults, Seniors	All	Worksite, Community	Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Disease Management to Promote Blood Pressure Control Among African Americans (NEW)	Adults	African American	Home	Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Exercise training for stroke survivors	Adults, Seniors	Black	Community	Group Education, Supportive Relationships
Exeter-Andover Project	Teens, Adults, Seniors	All	School, Worksite	Campaigns & Promotions, Environments & Policies
Family Health Promotion Program	Children, Adults	All	School, Home	Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Family intervention after stroke	Seniors	All	Health care facility	Group Education, Supportive Relationships
FAST Stroke Prevention Educational Program for Middle School Students	Children, Teens	All	School	Group Education, Individual Education
Florence Heart to Heart Program	Young adults, Adults, Seniors	White, Black	Community	Campaigns & Promotions, Provider Education, Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Food for Heart Program	Young adults, Adults, Seniors	All	Health care facility	Provider Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Group Support Program and an Individual Support Program for Caregivers of Stroke Patients	Adults, Seniors	All	Community, Home	Group Education, Supportive Relationships
Heartbeat Limburg	All	All	School, Worksite, Community, Health care facility	Campaigns & Promotions, Provider Education, Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships, Environments & Policies
Heart Smart	Children, Adults	All	School	Campaigns & Promotions, Provider Education, Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships, Environments & Policies
Hypertension Treatment in Barbershops	Young Adults, Adults, Seniors	Black	Community	Individual Education, Supportive Relationships, Environments & Policies
IMPACT Blood Pressure Program	Adults	All	Worksite	Campaigns & Promotions, Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships, Environments & Policies
Interactive computer-based heart failure education	Seniors	All	Health care facility	Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Internet-based case management system for secondary prevention of heart disease	Seniors	All	Home	Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
ISIS: A computer-assisted program for hypertensive individuals	Adults, Seniors	All	Health care facility	Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Know Your Body	Children, Teens	All	School	Group Education, Supportive Relationships
Lighten Up	Adults, Seniors	White, Black	Faith-based	Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Minnesota Heart Health Program	All	All	Community, Home, Health-care facility	Campaigns & Promotions, Provider Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships, Environments & Policies
Motivational counseling to prevent stroke	Seniors	All	Home, Health care facility	Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
MRFIT (The Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial Group)	Adults, Seniors	All	Health care facility	Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
MULTIFIT	Adults, Seniors	All	Home, Health care facility	Individual Education, Environments & Policies
Nurse-led secondary prevention clinics for heart disease in primary care	Adults, Seniors	All	Health care facility	Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Nurse-led secondary prevention program	Seniors	All	Health care facility	Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Pawtucket Heart Health Study	All	All	School, worksite, Faith-based, Community	Campaigns & Promotions, Provider Education, Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships, Environments & Policies
Prevention of stroke in urban China	Adults, Seniors	Other	Community	Campaigns & Promotions, Group Education, Supportive Relationships, Environments & Policies
Project Active	Adults, Seniors	All	Community, Home	Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Project Joy	Young adults, Adults, Seniors	Black	Faith-based	Campaigns & Promotions, Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Role of parents and older peers in school-based cardiovascular prevention programs	Children, Teens	All	School	Group Education, Supportive Relationships
Salud Para Su Corazon (Health for Your Heart)	Young adults, Adults, Seniors	Other	Community	Campaigns & Promotions, Group Education, Individual Education
San Diego Family Health Project	All	White, Hispanic	School	Campaigns & Promotions, Group Education, Individual Education
Stanford Coronary Risk Intervention Project (SCRIP)	Adults	All	Health care facility	Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Stanford Five-City Project	All	All	Community	Campaigns & Promotions, Provider Education, Group Education, Supportive Relationships, Environments & Policies
Stress Reduction Intervention for Congestive Heart Failure	Seniors	Black	Home, Health care facility	Group Education, Individual Education
Study of Cardiovascular Risk Intervention by Pharmacists (SCRIP)	Adults, Seniors	All	Health care facility	Provider Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Telephone Intervention with Family Caregivers of Stroke Survivors	Young adults, Adults, Seniors	All	Home	Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
The Care File Project	Adults, Seniors	All	Health care facility	Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
The Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH)	Children	All	School	Campaigns & Promotions, Provider Education, Group Education, Supportive Relationships, Environments & Policies
The Employee Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Education Program	Young adults, Adults, Seniors	All	Worksite	Campaigns & Promotions, Supportive Relationships, Environments & Policies
The North Karelia Project	All	All	School, Worksite, Community, Home	Campaigns & Promotions, Provider Education, Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships, Environments & Policies
The Stanford Adolescent Heart Health Program	Teens	All	School	Campaigns & Promotions, Group Education
Training Caregivers of Stroke Victims	Adults, Seniors	All	Home, Health care facility	Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Trials of Hypertension Prevention (TOHP), Phase I	Adults	All	Health care facility	Group Education, Supportive Relationships
Web-based Education and Counseling Program for Older Heart Failure Patients	Seniors	All	Home	Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
WISEWOMAN	Adults, Seniors	White, Black, Hispanic	Community, Health care facility	Campaigns & Promotions, Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships, Environments & Policies
Women’s Lifestyle Heart Trial	Adults, Seniors	All	Community	Group Education, Individual Education, Supportive Relationships
Worksite Health Promotion Program	Adults, Seniors	All	Worksite	Group Education, Individual Education