Table I.

 Selected Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Hypertension‐Related Community Outreach Programs

Name of Outreach Program or Policy Initiative	Type of Program
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) • Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention: Stanford Five‐City Project, the Minnesota Heart Health Program and the Pawtucket Heart Health Program • Activity Counseling Trial	Early community‐based research studies
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) • The Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program	Early community‐based research and applied science
Healthy Heart Community Prevention Project (HHCPP)	Community‐based effort
BARBER‐1 of hyptertension control	Community‐based effort
NHLBI • Educational Campaign with Every Heartbeat Is Life • Community Health Workers, including Promotores de Salud • Health Education Awareness Research Team (HEART) trial	Federal community‐based efforts and research
International Society of Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB)	Non‐profit professional organizational initiative
Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC)	Non‐profit professional organizational initiative
American College of Cardiology (ACC)	Non‐profit professional organizational initiative
American Heart Association, the American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA)	Non‐profit professional organizational initiative
American Society of Hypertension (ASH)	Non‐profit professional organizational initiative
Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke (“Action Plan”) • The National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention	Recent major federal and not‐for‐profit cardiovascular prevention program
Million Hearts Initiative	Recent major federal cardiovascular prevention program, including federal, state, and local. Nonprofit and business partners
Community Outreach and Cardiovascular Health (COACH) Trial	Community‐based research study
Positive‐Affect Intervention and Medication Adherence in Hypertensive African Americans Trial	Community‐based research study