American Heart Association Inc
American Heart Association Inc
American Heart Association Inc
Programs
Public Education on Cardiovascular Health
PUBLIC/CONSUMER EDUCATION INFORMING ALL AMERICANS ABOUT WAYS TO REDUCE THEIR RISK OF HEART DISEASE AND STROKE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OBJECTIVES OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. IN 2023-24 THE ASSOCIATION'S PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS PROVIDED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH. PUBLIC/CONSUMER EDUCATION CONTINUED - THE ASSOCIATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA) DEVELOPED THE VETERANS AFFAIRS LIPID OPTIMIZATION REIMAGINED QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (VALOR-QI) PROGRAM TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, MONITORING AND HEALTH COACHING TO MORE THAN 30,000 VETERANS AT 50 VA MEDICAL CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO ARE LIVING WITH ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. - IN A SURVEY OF ASIAN AMERICAN ADULTS CONDUCTED BY THE ASSOCIATION, 70% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THEY HESITATE TO PERFORM BYSTANDER CPR FOR FEAR OF HURTING THE INDIVIDUAL. TO BOOST CPR COMPETENCE AND CONFIDENCE IN ASIAN AMERICAN POPULATIONS, THE ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED THE "TODAY YOU WERE READY" CAMPAIGN EMPHASIZING THE TWO STEPS TO SAVE A LIFE: 1) CALL 911 AND 2) PUSH HARD AND FAST IN THE CENTER OF THE CHEST AT A RHYTHM OF 100- 120 BEATS PER MINUTE. - THE HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY (HCM) IN YOUTH AND STUDENT ATHLETES INITIATIVE ENGAGES STUDENTS AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS THAT HCM IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST IN YOUNG ATHLETES, ESPECIALLY BLACK MALES. THE AIM IS TO ENCOURAGE THOSE AT RISK FOR HCM TO SEE A DOCTOR FOR TESTING. - THE AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION, A DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, ANNOUNCED JUNTOS CONTRA EL DERRAME CEREBRAL, A SPANISH-LANGUAGE CAMPAIGN AIMED AT EDUCATING HISPANIC/LATINO AUDIENCES ON THE WARNING SIGNS OF STROKE USING THE ACRONYM R.A.P.I.D.O. - FIRST AID SHELVES ON YOUTUBE NOW FEATURES AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION CONTENT INCLUDING VIDEOS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON HANDS-ONLY CPR, HEART ATTACKS, STROKE AND HOW TO HELP SOMEONE WHO OVERDOSES FROM OPIOID USE. - WITH A $1 MILLION GIFT FROM CVS HEALTH FOUNDATION, THE ASSOCIATION KICKED OFF A PROGRAM IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES OF HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA, AND ORLANDO, FLORIDA, TO IMPROVE WOMEN'S ACCESS TO HYPERTENSION EDUCATION, MONITORING AND TREATMENT DURING PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM. - AS THE ASSOCIATION'S NATION OF LIFESAVERS MOVEMENT - LAUNCHED LAST YEAR WITH BUFFALO BILLS SAFETY DAMAR HAMLIN - GAINED MOMENTUM, 24 COMMUNITY CPR AND AED TRAINING EVENTS WERE HELD IN COLLABORATION WITH U.S. PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS AND ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS. - THE ASSOCIATION TEAMED UP WITH DAMAR HAMLIN'S CHASING M'S FOUNDATION, THE BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION AND THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE TO BRING CPR EDUCATION TO AUDIENCES OF THE NFL LONDON GAMES.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$331.2MCardiovascular Research Funding
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION FUNDS SCIENTIFIC STUDIES SEEKING NEW DISCOVERIES RELATED TO CAUSES, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES. SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1924, WE'VE INVESTED MORE THAN $5.9 BILLION IN RESEARCH, MAKING US THE LARGEST PRIVATE, NOT-FOR-PROFIT FUNDER OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND CEREBROVASCULAR RESEARCH. RESEARCH SPENDING FOR FISCAL-YEAR 2023/24 WAS $227 MILLION, OR 19%, AND RESEARCH AWARDS FOR THE YEAR TOTALED $197 MILLION. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTINUED - TO ACCELERATE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND SPUR INNOVATION, THE ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED AHA VENTURES, AN UMBRELLA INVESTMENT UNIT WITHIN ITS MISSION-ALIGNED BUSINESS AREA. - THE ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED A $75 MILLION GO RED FOR WOMEN VENTURE FUND TO INVEST IN COMPANIES THAT SERVE WOMEN'S HEALTH NEEDS ACROSS THEIR LIFESPAN. THE FUND IS SEEDED WITH $40 MILLION FROM THE ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORTED BY A $15 MILLION CORNERSTONE GIFT FROM PHILANTHROPIST SARAH ROSS SOTER. - THE ASSOCIATION FUNDED $20 MILLION FOR A NEW HEALTH EQUITY RESEARCH NETWORK ON IMPROVING ACCESS TO CARE AND OTHER HEALTH INEQUITIES IN RURAL AMERICA. - MORE THAN 100 SCIENTISTS FROM ACROSS THE U.S. RECEIVED GRANTS TOTALING $20 MILLION TO SUPPORT THEIR RESEARCH ON HEART DISEASE AND STROKE AS PART OF THE SECOND CENTURY OF SCIENCE INITIATIVE. - RESEARCHERS AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY AND DUKE UNIVERSITY COLLABORATED TO ASSESS THE ASSOCIATION'S PREVENTTM RISK CALCULATOR, A NEW APP CLINICIANS USE TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR LIKELIHOOD OF DEVELOPING HEART DISEASE, STROKE OR HEART FAILURE BASED ON SPECIFIC HEALTH MEASURES. - THE ASSOCIATION, THE ALLIANCE OF BIOVERSITY AND CIAT WITH SUPPORT FROM THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION AND OTHER FUNDERS LAUNCHED MARKERLAB, THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PERIODIC TABLE OF FOOD INITIATIVE TO COLLECT DATA ON THE BIOMOLECULAR COMPOSITION OF FOODS CONSUMED GLOBALLY AND THEIR IMPACT ON HUMAN AND PLANETARY HEALTH. - THE ASSOCIATION AWARDED THE FIRST GRANTS TOTALING $7.8 MILLION TO 19 RESEARCH PROJECTS NATIONWIDE AS PART OF ITS NEWLY NAMED HEALTH CARE BY FOOD INITIATIVE. LED BY EXPERTS IN FOOD AND NUTRITION, BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH, THE RESEARCH PROJECTS WILL PILOT WAYS TO EQUITABLY INCREASE ENROLLMENT AND ENGAGEMENT IN FOOD IS MEDICINE INTERVENTIONS. - THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION CENTER FOR HEALTH TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION AND MEDTECH INNOVATOR ESTABLISHED THE HEART AND BRAIN HEALTH ACCELERATOR TO IDENTIFY, EVALUATE AND MENTOR START-UP COMPANIES WITH NOVEL TECHNOLOGY FOR PREVENTING, DIAGNOSING AND TREATING HEART AND BRAIN-RELATED CONDITIONS. - THE ASSOCIATION'S LP(A) DISCOVERY PROJECT, SUPPORTED BY AN INVESTMENT OF $2.7 MILLION FROM NOVARTIS, GOT UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE CLINICAL STANDARDS FOR TREATING PATIENTS WITH HIGH LP(A) LEVELS, WHICH IS A RISK FACTOR FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS. - THE ASSOCIATION AWARDED $2.1 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR SEVEN NEW RESEARCH PROJECTS EXPLORING "MIGRAINE AS A RISK FACTOR FOR STROKE AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE." - THE RALPH L. SACCO SCHOLARSHIPS IN BRAIN HEALTH PROGRAM BEGAN ITS ANNUAL AWARDING OF TWO $150,000 SCHOLARSHIPS TO EARLY CAREER TRAINEES PURSUING A TWO-YEAR RESEARCH OR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE PROJECT FOCUSED ON PREVENTION OF BRAIN DISEASE AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF BRAIN HEALTH. - WITH FUNDING FROM THE DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION, THE ASSOCIATION AWARDED FOUR NEW SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH GRANTS TO EVALUATE HOW RACE, CONSIDERED A SOCIAL RATHER THAN A BIOLOGICAL CONSTRUCT, AFFECTS HEALTH RISK PREDICTION AS A VARIABLE IN ALGORITHMS.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$227MProfessional Education in Cardiology
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION RESEARCH, ADVANCES IN MEDICINE, AND GUIDELINES FOR BEST PRACTICES ARE MOST USEFUL WHEN MADE AVAILABLE TO SCIENTISTS AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. THE AHA HOSTED MORE THAN A DOZEN SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES INCLUDING SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE, AS WELL AS MEETINGS FOCUSED ON SPECIALTY AREAS. EACH OFFERED CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME) CREDITS, WHICH ARE ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH AHA ONLINE LEARNING PROGRAMS. PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION CONTINUED - THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION CENTER FOR TELEHEALTH ANNOUNCED A NEW CERTIFICATION FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS DESIGNED TO STANDARDIZE TRAINING AND INCREASE SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES IN TELEHEALTH STROKE CARE DELIVERY. THE CERTIFICATION IS SUPPORTED BY THE LEONA M. AND HARRY B. HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST AND AVAILABLE THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION'S PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION HUB. - NEW GUIDELINES FROM THE ASSOCIATION AND THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY PROVIDE THE LATEST, EVIDENCE-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY AND PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE. NEW GUIDELINES STRESS TIMELY DIAGNOSIS AND COORDINATED CARE FROM A MULTISPECIALTY TEAM TO HELP PREVENT AMPUTATION AND OTHER CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS. - THE ASSOCIATION EXPANDED ITS POST-ACUTE CARE SUITE OF CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS TO INCLUDE SKILLED NURSING FACILITY STROKE REHABILITATION CERTIFICATION. MADE POSSIBLE BY THE LEONA M. AND HARRY B. HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST POST-ACUTE STROKE CARE FUNDING INITIATIVE, THE PROGRAM ESTABLISHES A FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING FACILITIES BASED ON THE ASSOCIATION'S SCIENTIFIC GUIDELINES FOR STROKE REHABILITATION PATIENTS. - THE ASSOCIATION IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DELOITTE HEALTH EQUITY INSTITUTE AND THE SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION CREATED THE HEALTH EQUITY IN THE WORKFORCE EMPLOYER RESOURCE GUIDE WITH ACTIONABLE STRATEGIES, ECONOMIC INSIGHTS AND GUIDANCE ON MEASURING PROGRESS. - ABBOTT AWARDED $3 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE ASSOCIATION'S HEART FAILURE EDUCATION INITIATIVE, TO INFORM GENERAL CARDIOLOGISTS ON TREATMENT OPTIONS BEYOND GUIDELINE-DIRECTED MEDICAL THERAPY FOR ELIGIBLE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS, AND TO UNDERSTAND AND AMPLIFY MODELS FOR REFERRAL TO BEST-IN-CLASS PATIENT CARE.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$156.6M
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