Heart and Vascular Diseases

 Web Sites and Interactive Web Applications:

• 10 Year Heart Attack Risk Calculator:

• Downloadable Excel Spreadsheet
  

• Professional Online Version
  

• Cholesterol Education Month
  

• Live Healthier, Live Longer
  

• NCQA/NHLBI Conference Webcast
  

 Palm OS and Pocket PC Devices:

• Adult Treatment Panel III Palm OS Downloadable Guidelines
  

• ACC/AHA/NHLBI Clinical Advisory on the Use and Safety of Statins
  

• AHA/NHLBI Scientific Statement on Metabolic Syndrome
  (Circulation 2005: Published online before print September 12, 2005)

• AHA/NHLBI Scientific Statement
  

• AHA/NHLBI Statement Executive Summary
  

• ATP III Guidelines on Cholesterol (more)

• Final Report
  

• Physician's Executive Summary
  

• Physician's Quick Desk Reference
  

• Update 2004: Implications of Recent Clinical Trials
  

 Slideshows:

• Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) Guidelines Slide Set
  

 See Also:

• National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP)
  

• Nutrition Academic Award (NAA) Program
  

• The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT)
  

 Web Sites and Interactive Web Applications:

• Charting New Directions for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control in the Americas: A Joint NHLBI/PAHO Workshop
  

• Latino Cardiovascular Health Resources
  

• NHLBI Healthy People 2010 Minority Populations Gateway
  

• Physical Activity: Your Heart Your Life--A Lay Health Educator's Program/La actividad física: su corazón su vida--un programa para promotores de salud (bilingual English, Spanish)
  

• The Heart Truth for Women
  

• We Can!--A Way to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition
  

• African Americans

• Cardiovascular Health: Small Group Discussions in Baltimore City Public Housing - Consumer Assessment for Community-Based Outreach and Education
  

• Every Heartbeat is Life: A Community Health Worker's Manual for African Americans
  

• Mobilizing African American Communities to Address Disparities in Cardiovascular Health: The Baltimore City CV Health Partnership Strategy Development Workshop Summary Report
  

• NHLBI Stroke Belt Initiaitve
  

• Public Health in Public Housing: Improving Health, Changing Lives
  

• With Every Heartbeat is Life - Picture Cards for Community Health Workers
  

• Working With Religious Congregations: A Guide for Health Professionals
  

• Asian Americans / Pacific Islanders

• Addressing Cardiovascular Health in Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: A Background Report
  

• Cardiovascular Risk in the Cambodian Community: Formative Research from Lowell, Massachusetts
  

• Cardiovascular Risk in the Filipino Community: Formative Research from Dale City and San Francisco, California
  

• Cardiovascular Risk in the Vietnamese Community: Formative Research from Houston, Texas
  

• Filipinos Take It to Heart: A How-To Guide for Bringing Heart Health to Your Community
  

• Your Health is Golden! Heart Health Promotion Activities for Vietnamese Communities
  

• Children / Parents / Teachers

• We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children Activity and Nutrition) Materials - Energize Our Community: Toolkit for Action
  

• Prevent and Control America's High Blood Pressure: Mission Possible. Partner With Us to Create a Healthier America: Real Possibilities for America's Teachers and Educators
  

• We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children Activity and Nutrition) Wristband (Youth)
  

• Latino - Salud Para Su Corazón

• An Ounce of Prevention: A Guide to Heart Health
  

• Better to Prevent than Lament: A Guide for Heart Health/Mas vale prevenir que lamenta: una guia para la salud del corazon (en español)
  

• Bringing Heart Health to Latinos: A Guide for Building Community Programs/La salud del corazón que trae a latina: una guía para desarrollar los programas de la comunidad (bilingual English, Spanish)
  

• Dibujos Educativos de Su Corazón, Su Vida/Your Heart, Your Life Picture Cards for Community Health Workers
  

• Focus Group Research Report
  

• From Heart to Heart: A Bilingual Group Discussion Guide/Del corazón al corazón: una guía bilingüe de discusión en grupo (bilingual English, Spanish)
  

• Latino Community Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Outreach Initiative: Background Report
  

• Your Heart, Your Life Kit/Su Corazon, Su Vida: Materiales del Promotor y Promotora de Salud (bilingual English, Spanish)
  

• Your Heart, Your Life Kit/Su Corazon, Su Vida: Materiales del Promotor y Promotora de Salud (en español)
  

• Your Heart, Your Life Video/Su Corazon, Su Vida (video en español)
  

• Your Heart, Your Life/Su Corazon, Su Vida: Manual del Promotor y Promotora de Salud (en español)
  

• Your Heart, Your Life: A Lay Health Educator’s Manual for the Hispanic Community
  

• Latinos

• We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children Activity and Nutrition) Parents Handbook/¡Nosotros Podemos! Familias Encontrando el Balance: Manual para Padres (en español)
  

• Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs Video/Actué Rápido Frente a las Síntomas de un Ataque al Corazón - Video (en español)
  

• Bringing Heart Health to Latinos/La salud del corazón que trae a latina (video en español)
  

• Bringing Heart Health to Latinos: A Kit for Building Community Programs/La salud del corazón que trae a latina: materiales para desarrollar los programas de la comunidad (bilingual English, Spanish)
  

• By Love to the Heart/Por Amor al Corazon (video en español)
  

• From Heart to Heart/Video para una charla de salud del corazón (en español)
  

• From Heart to Heart: A Bilingual Group Discussion Kit/Del corazón al corazón: componentes bilingües de discusión en grupo (bilingual English, Spanish)
  

• Real Women Wear Red Poster/Al corazón no le importa como te vistes (bilingual English, Spanish)
  

• What Every Physician Should Know/Si se puede: Prevenir y controlar la presión arterial alta: lo que los médicos deben saber (en español)
  

• Native Americans / Alaskan Natives

• Building Healthy Hearts for American Indians and Alaska Natives: Background Report
  

• Mobilizing American Indian and Alaska Native Communities Workshop on Improving Cardiovascular Health Summary report
  

• Strong Heart Study Data Book: A Report to American Indian Communities
  

• Your Heart, Your Drum: Strengthening the Heartbeat of American Indians and Native Alaskans (video)
  

• Native Americans / Alaskan Natives - Honor the Gift

• Honoring the Gift of Heart Health for American Indians and Alaskan Natives Visuals and Handouts
  

• Honoring the Gift of Heart Health: A Heart Health Educator's Manual for Alaska Natives
  

• Honoring the Gift of Heart Health: A Heart Health Educator's Manual for American Indians
  

• Women

• 5th Anniversary Pin
  

• Action Plan
  

• Action Plan for African Americans
  

• Action Plan for Latinas - English
  

• Action Plan for Latinas/Plan de acción (en español)