Interactive Tools and Resources

Health Assessment Tools

• Body Mass Index (BMI) Calculator (in English and Metric)
• Menu Planner
• Portion Distortion Quiz
• 10-Year Heart Attack Risk Calculator:
  • For Health Professionals
  • For Patients and the Public
  • Downloadable Version (downloadable version--Excel spreadsheet)

Applications for Palm OS and PocketPC Devices

• High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents--for Palm OS and PocketPC
• JNC 7 (High Blood Pressure Guidelines) Application--for Palm OS and PocketPC
• Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs--Physician Quick Reference Tool--for Palm OS
• BMI Calculator--for Palm OS and PocketPC
• OEI Treatment Guidelines Implementation Tool--for Palm OS and PocketPC
• ATP III Cholesterol Guidelines --for Palm OS

Mortality Maps

Mortality Maps:

• CVD Risk Factor Maps
• Asthma Mortality Maps of the U.S. and Local Communities

Other Maps:

• Cardiovascular Disease Enhanced Dissemination and Utilization Centers (EDUCs) Awardees Contract Awardees Map
• NAEPP Coalition Contract Awardees Map

Slide Shows/Downloadable Slide Sets

Asthma

• Asthma Basics for Schools

Cholesterol

• Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) Guidelines

High Blood Pressure

• The 4th Report on High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents
• The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7)

Heart/Cardiovascular

• The Impact of Heart Disease on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Heart Attack

• Access to Timely and Optimal Care of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes: Community Planning Considerations

Obesity

• Evaluation and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults

Related NHLBI Websites/Educational Tutorials

Asthma

• National Asthma Control Initiative (NACI)
• Physician Asthma Care Education (PACE)

Cholesterol

• Live Healthier, Live Longer
• National Cholesterol Education Month Kit

High Blood Pressure

• Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure

Heart/Cardiovascular

• The Heart Truth for Women
• Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Website
• Women's Heart Health Education Initiative
• The Women's Health Initiative (WHI)
• Latino Cardiovascular Health Resources
• The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT)

Heart Attack

• Act In Time to Heart Attack Signs

Lung

• National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT)
• National Tuberculosis Curriculum Consortium

Obesity/Physical Activity

• La Actividad Fisica: su CORAZÓN su VIDA--Un Programa Para Promotores De Salud
  (Physical Activity: Your Heart Your Life--A Lay Health Educator's Program)
• Aim for a Healthy Weight!
• Hearts N' Parks
• Guidelines on Overweight and Obesity: Electronic Textbook
• Nutrition Academic Award (NAA) Program
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Clinical Network (ARDSNet)

Sleep

• The National Center on Sleep Disorders Research