The American Heart Association / American Stroke Association supports and advocates for public policies that will help improve the cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20 percent while reducing deaths by coronary heart disease and stroke by 20 percent by 2020.
The following are the public policy priorities for Pennsylvania in 2011-2012:
- Acute Cardiovascular Care – Improve cardiovascular systems of care by removing loopholes in the Good Samaritan law, designating primary stroke centers, ensuring students are provided hand’s-on training for CPR and AED use, and equipping school buildings with AEDs.
- Obesity – Promote physical activity during school hours, improve nutrition standards for snack foods and beverages sold in schools, and promote active living in the community.
- Tobacco - Strengthen and protect smoke-free workplace laws, support significant increases in tobacco excise taxes, defend and support increases to tobacco prevention and cessation programs, and provide health insurance coverage for tobacco cessation counseling services and prescription medications.
- Surveillance - Ensure that all Pennsylvania hospitals are equipped with Get With the Guidelines - Stroke as the state stroke registry data platform.
- Funding - Establish a strong statewide policy and framework for heart disease and stroke by securing a state appropriation to expand the Department of Health’s Heart Disease and Stroke Program.
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