Canadian Heart Health Strategy and Action Plan CHHSAP

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Canadian Heart Health Strategy and Action Plan
(CHHS-AP)

• Canadian Cardiovascular Congress
• Quebec City
• October 21, 2007
• Eldon R. Smith

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CHHS-AP Purpose and Description

• Purpose
• To reduce the growing burden and loss due to CV
  disease in Canada
• Description
• Independent, stakeholder driven
• Comprehensive, integrated strategy
• Continuum of the health system health policy /
  prevention to end-of-life care
• Continuum of life preconception to death
• Address disparities
• Evidence-based / best practices

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CHHS-AP Leadership

• Leadership partners
• Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
• Canadian Cardiovascular Society
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• (Institute for Circulatory and Respiratory
  Health)
• Funder
• Public Health Agency of Canada

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Governance

• Steering Committee
• Primary policy decision-making body
• 29 thought leaders and experts
• Balance of expertise, knowledge, skills, regions,
  gender, research pillars, continuum of CV health
• Management Group
• Executive Committee of Steering Committee
• Administrative body of CHHS-AP
• Operational responsibilities
• Secretariat
• Provides management services and operational
  support
• Director, Program Manager, Administrative
  Coordinator

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Framework for a Comprehensive Canadian Heart
Health Strategy and Action Plan
The Vision
HEALTH PROMOTION
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
Interventions Required
TREATMENT
Policy and environmental change
Behaviour change strategies
Prevention, detection management of risk factors
Timely access to quality (acute) care
Timely access to quality chronic disease
manage-ment/rehab
PREVENTION
Timely access to end oflife care
OUTCOMES

• Decreased burden of cardiovascular disease

• Healthier population

• Added quality life years

• Sustainable health system

• Reducedinequities

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CHHS-AP Theme Working Groups

• Strengthening information systems for monitoring,
  management, evaluation and policy development
• Creating environments conducive to cardiovascular
  health
• Preventing, detecting and controlling major risk
  factors
• Addressing and enhancing Aboriginal / indigenous
  cardiovascular health
• Timely access to quality (acute) care and
  diagnostics
• Timely access to quality chronic disease
  management, rehabilitation services and
  end-of-life care

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CHHS-AP Cross-Cutting Issues

• Reducing the impact on cardiovascular outcomes
  that result from disparities.
• Expanding the knowledge base.
• Translating knowledge into action.
• Addressing impact / outcomes of interventions.
• Addressing and enhancing Aboriginal / indigenous
  cardiovascular health.
• All groups will also consider workforce/education
  system needs

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CHHS-AP Consultations

• Thought leader surveys
• National stakeholder meeting
• F/P/T organizations / committees
• P/T Deputy Ministers
• Other Pan-Canadian Health Strategies
• Planned
• Industry
• Specific ethnic groups
• Survivors

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CHHS-AP

• Outcomes and Deliverables
• A Strategy and Action Plan built on a
  collaborative approach
• A Business Plan to support implementation
• A plan for a system of CV surveillance
• Evaluation and monitoring protocol

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CHHS-AP

• Critical success factors
• Engage stakeholders
• Engage P/T governments
• Maintain timelines
• Innovative and practical strategies
• Sound implementation plan
• Successful integration with other strategies

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CHHS-AP

• 1402-222 Queen Street, Ottawa ON K1P 5V9
• [phone] ext 254
• info_at_chhs-scsc.ca
• www.chhs-scsc.ca