National  & State Stroke Resources

• American Diabetes Association
  Focuses on preventing and curing diabetes and improving the lives of all people affected by diabetes.
• American Heart Association
• American Stroke Association
• Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC)
  Founded in 1974, the ABC is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 volunteer organization of more than 800 African-American cardiologists and medical professionals.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Brain Attack Coalition
  Brain Attack Coalition is a group of professional, voluntary and governmental entities dedicated to reducing the occurrence, disabilities and death associated with stroke.
• Consortium of Southeastern Hypertension Control
  A professional organization of physicians, scientists and health care providers working together to reduce the incidence of high blood pressure and hypertension-related cardiovascular disease outcomes in the southeastern region of the United States.
• Georgia Division of Public Health
• Health Resources and Service Administration
• Medical University of South Carolina Hypertension Initiative
  This is an effort to help change South Carolina from a high-risk state for cardiovascular disease to a model of cardiovascular health.
• Morehouse School of Medicine - Atlanta, Georgia
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• National Stroke Association
• Office of Minority Health Resource Center
• South Carolina -DHEC/Bureau of Chronic Disease and Health Promotion
• Start With Your Heart
  Site for The North Carolina Heart Disease And Stroke Prevention Task Force and The North Carolina Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program
• Stroke Belt Consortium (SBC)
  A diverse, multidisciplinary group of people, organizations, and companies interested in improving both public and professional education about stroke in the Stroke Belt.
• Taking Action for Heart–healthy and Stroke–free States:  A Communication Guide for Policy and Environmental Change (CDC)
  • Chapter 3: Stroke Materials Resource Guide
• United States Department of Health and Human Services