This online toolkit provides everything needed to conduct training for Community Health Workers, implement With Every Heartbeat Is Life in the community, and promote it.
With Every Heartbeat Is Life: A Community Health Worker’s Manual on Heart Disease for African Americans
This 12-session course on heart health created for the African American community includes interactive activities and handouts.
Download the individual With Every Heartbeat Is Life sessions here.
With Every Heartbeat Is Life: Picture Cards for Community Health Workers
This slide presentation (also available as a flipchart) with illustrated pages is an excellent teaching tool to help reinforce key heart health prevention messages within the With Every Heartbeat Is Life manual. It is designed to be used with the community health worker manual; but can also be used alone for presentations on heart health in the community.
Promotional Materials
Use these materials to promote the With Every Heartbeat Is Life sessions to your community.
Template Emails (Downloadable file)
Sample Newsletter Drop-In Article/Blog Post (Downloadable file)
Additional Heart Health Materials
Share these materials with your African American community as supplementary take home resources.
Heart-Healthy Home Cooking African American Style Recipe Book
Additional information and other resources from The Heart Truth® can be found on the Community Health Workers page.
Additional Resources
Check out these additional resources that may be helpful to complement the sessions you are teaching.