Research Article: A National Approach to Promoting Health Equity in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Implementation Science Strengths, Opportunities, and a Changing Chronic Disease Context
Introduction:
In the USA, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the largest contributor to racial disparities in life expectancy (Purnell et al., 2016). Structural racism—and inequities in the distribution of social, economic, geographic, and environmental conditions that promote health—contributes to higher rates of hypertension, heart disease, and stroke among African American persons (Carnethon et al., 2017; Tsao et al., 2023; Brothers et al., 2019). Public health evidence-based interventions (EBIs), which include programs,…
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