American Heart Association-Western States
Cause Area
- Community
- Health & Medicine
- Women
Location
1710 Gilbreth RoadSuite 100Burlingame, CA 94010 United States![Organization's profile image](http://d3bl5qcndhcx94.cloudfront.net/rel286-1845aeb/images/org_profile_avatar@x2.png)
Organization Information
Mission Statement
Our mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. That single purpose drives all we do. The need for our work is beyond question.
Description
For the first time, the American Heart Association has defined poor, intermediate and ideal cardiovascular health -- using seven easy-to-understand measures.
This new definition, focusing on health factors and lifestyle behaviors, comes when an association survey finds that nearly four in 10 American adults (39 percent) think they have ideal heart health; yet 54 percent of those said a health professional had told them they had a risk factor for heart disease and/or needed to make a lifestyle change to improve their heart health.
Armed with these findings, the American Heart Association has launched a national goal to not only reduce deaths from cardiovascular diseases and stroke but also to improve the cardiovascular health of Americans.
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