The Network supports health departments in implementing population health improvement strategies in healthcare systems which are primarily associated with CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention-funded activities in the 1815 and 1817 grants. Major activities of the NACDD CVH Initiative include: 

• CVH Announcements
• CVH Advisory Council – Connecting staff working on Category B-related projects and communicating needs to CDC
  
• Million Hearts® Initiative – NACDD’s project to support the national goal of preventing a million heart attacks by 2022
• CVH Epidemiology and Evaluation Projects – Epidemiology & Evaluation Collaborative, webinars and general guidance
• GIS Capacity Building for State & Local Health Departments – Training and resources for working with geographic information systems
• Advancing Team-Based Care – State teams are being trained on the use of collaborative practice agreements and the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process to manage high blood pressure
• Virtual CVH Learning Opportunities
  – GEAR Group 3 – Communicating the Value of Public Health through Health Systems
  – Webinars, Fireside Chats and Virtual Roundtables
  
• NACDD Information & Resources on CVH
  
  • Off the Cuff – NACDD Health Systems newsletter
  • NACDD CVH Issue Briefs 
  •  What’s Working Database – NACDD success stories on CVH and other state health department work