7.9.3: Public Health Response
Improving cardiovascular health by the “Life’s Essential 8” metrics is one of the objectives of Healthy People 2030, along with several other related objectives. Most of the objectives related to heart disease and stroke are at baseline levels or have little to no detectable change at this point in time. One of these objectives is to increase the control of high blood pressure in adults. According to the new standards for healthy blood pressure set in 2017, only 16.1% of people who have been diagnosed with hypertension have it under control. Addressing hypertension in Americans would not only have positive effects on CVH, but would also reduce the risk of other diseases and conditions like kidney diseases, pregnancy complications, and more ( Heart Disease and Stroke - Healthy People 2030 , n.d.).