Parish Health Ministry
Vision: Through the Parish Health Care Ministry, the health and lifestyle of the parishioners will be enhanced.
Mission: The Mission of the Parish Health Ministry is to foster and promote healthy lives by improving health knowledge, good decision making, awareness, and involvement through information, cooperation and collaboration that we may “Courageously live the Gospel in Good Health”
What do we do: The Parish Health Ministry is a resource of health information for Parishioners
Membership: Open to all.
Meetings: 4th Tuesday each month at 6:30 PM
Point of Contact:
Dave Kotun, Email Dave
Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
Adapted from HeartOnline
Cardiovascular Risk Factors | Heart Online
Risk Factor Management
Identify risk factors
Identify the risks that can be modified
Behaviors
Education
Develop a plan to cut down cardiac risk
610,000 deaths per year in the U. S. (from the CDC)
1 in 4 deaths are due to heart disease
More than cancer
Cost is $229,000,000.000.00