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February is American Heart Month

Raise awareness about heart health and urge those around you to prevent heart disease. #OurHearts are healthier together. Join us!
Learn ways to get involved
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About American Heart Month

Learn how you can raise awareness about preventing heart disease
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National Wear Red Day

On February 7, we wear red! Use our materials to promote Wear Red Day and raise awareness about heart disease in your community
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Join the #OurHearts Movement

There’s a lot you can do to prevent heart disease—and it's all easier when you have social support

Outreach Toolkit

Here you will find information about heart disease, the importance of social support for reaching heart health goals, educational materials to use in your community, social media resources, and more.

#OurHearts

Our Hearts is an initiative to get people across the country to engage in heart healthy lifestyles together--with their friends, family, coworkers, and others in their community. Check out our interactive map to find local events and social media activity around the country.
#OurHearts Interactive Map
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National Wear Red Day

National Wear Red Day® is celebrated the first Friday of February. Wear red and encourage others to do the same to bring awareness that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., but that it's largely preventable.
View National Wear Red Day Resources
Related Initiatives
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The Heart Truth

For more than a decade, The Heart Truth® program has worked to raise awareness about women’s risk for heart disease―the #1 killer of women in the United States―and to help women take the steps needed for a heart healthy life.

Get in Touch

Community organizations and corporations interested in becoming a partner of the program or sponsoring a signature American Heart Month event should contact us using one of the methods below.
Phone
301-592-8573

For access to free Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS), dial 7-1-1 on your telephone.

Postal Mail

NHLBI Center for Health Information
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
United States