Science-in-Briefs: Turning Science Into Action

Science-in-Briefs are concise and user-friendly publication summaries intended to enhance the understanding and application of current research findings. Science-in-Briefs provide a short synopsis of newly published articles summing up the findings and how these findings might be applied to the work in cardiovascular health promotion.

Each Science-in-Brief may contain the following sections:

1. What is already known on this topic?
2. What is added by this document?
3. What are the applications for these findings?
4. What are the implications for public health practice?

Blood Pressure/Hypertension

• Prevalence, Management, and Control of Hypertension among U.S. Workers: Does Occupation Matter? [PDF-145K]
• Getting the Message Across in Hypertension Care [PDF-469K]
• Blood Pressure Control among U.S. Veterans [PDF-393K]
• Regular Use of Home Blood Pressure Monitors [PDF-357K]
• The Hypertension Team [PDF-340K]
• Impact of Blood Pressure and Blood Pressure Change During Middle Age [PDF-303K]
• Home Blood Pressure Monitoring: How Good a Predictor of Long-Term Risk? [PDF-266K]
• Hospitalization Costs Associated with Hypertension as a Secondary Diagnosis [PDF-252K]
• A Closer Look at African American Men and High Blood Pressure Control [PDF-271K]

Cardiovascular Disease

• A Validated Prediction Tool for Initial Survivors of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest [PDF-356K]
• Benefits of Achieving Optimal CVD Risk Factor Levels for Older Men [PDF-315K]
• Secondary Prevention and Risk Reduction Therapy for Patients with Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease [PDF-274K]
• Impact of Pharmacist Care in the Management of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors [PDF-332K]
• Proportion of the Decline in Cardiovascular Mortality Disease due to Prevention Versus Treatment: Public Health Versus Clinical Care [PDF-289K]
• Effectiveness-Based Guidelines for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women [PDF-280K]
• The Role of Obesity in the Development of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Related Preventive Measures: Project HeartBeat! [PDF-126K]

Community Health Workers

• Community Outreach and Cardiovascular Health (COACH) Trial [PDF-369K]
• The Future Role of Community Health Centers in a Changing Health Care Landscape [PDF-283K]
• Community Health Workers "101" for Providers and Other Stakeholders [PDF-326K]
• Addressing Chronic Disease Through Community Health Workers: A Policy and Systems-Level Approach [PDF-349K]
• Community Health Workers: Part of the Solution [PDF-286K]

Economics of Cardiovascular Disease

• Costs of Heart Failure–Related Hospitalizations in Patients Aged 18–64 Years [PDF-230K]
• Value of Primordial and Primary Prevention for Cardiovascular Disease [PDF-578K]

Patient Centered Medical Homes

• Patient-Centered Medical Home Cyberinfrastructure [PDF-298K]
• Patient-Centered Medical Home: Current State of Evidence [PDF-186K]

Smoking

• Nonsmokers' Exposure to Secondhand Smoke [PDF-251K]

Sodium

• Policy Options to Reduce Population Salt Intake [PDF-318K]

Worksite Wellness Programs

• A Systematic Review of Selected Interventions for Worksite Health Promotion: The Assessment of Health Risks with Feedback [PDF-261K]