Health Professional Resources

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• Information for Health Professionals
• Interventions:
  • Physical Activity
  • Nutrition
  • Smoking
  • Multiple Risk Factors
• WISEWOMAN Manual & New Leaf
• Health Communication Resources
• CDC Resources
• Professional Organizations
• Access to Health Care
• Discounted or Free Medications
• Indigent Patient Programs
  

Information for Health Professionals

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• The Heart Truth: A National Awareness Campaign for Women about Heart Disease
• NHLBI Healthy People 2010 Homepage
• Cardiovascular Information for Health Care Professionals
• Developing a Woman's Heart Health Education Action Plan
• Implementing recommendations for dietary salt reduction 
• Aim for a Healthy Weight
• CHD/Cholesterol
• High Blood Pressure
• Latino CVD

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

• Bright Futures for Women's Health and Wellness Initiative
• Women's Health USA 2004
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration—Office of Women's Health
• National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR) Office of Women's Health
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Women's Health Information
   

Making The Grade on Women's Health: A National and State-by-State Report Card (August 2000)* (PDF – 466k)

Making The Grade on Women's Health: 2001 Chapter IV Women and Cardiovascular Health (from the National Women's Law Center* (PDF – 235k)

The Guide to Community Preventive Services: Systematic Reviews and Evidence–Based Recommendations*

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Interventions

Physical Activity

• Choose to Move*
• Hearts N' Parks

Nutrition

• DASH Diet
• Cholesterol Low Down*

Smoking Cessation

• Smoke Free Guide

Multiple Risk Factors

• Salud para tu corazón (For the Health for Your Heart)
• Sisters Together: Move More, Eat Better

WISEWOMAN Manual & New Leaf*

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CDC Resources

WISEWOMAN Brochure (PDF–65K)
Also available as an HTML version.

The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program

Cardiovascular Health

National Diabetes Education Program

Women and Heart Disease: An Atlas of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mortality (PDF – 34.8Mb)

State Departments of Public Health and other Health Information Networks and Sources

Diabetes and Women's Health

Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)—Journal Web Site

State Programs in Action: Exemplary Work to Prevent Chronic Disease and Promote Health, 2005

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Health Communication Resources

Health Communication Materials Network*

Healthy People 2010 Health Communication

Health Education Research* (Volume 16, Number 6; December 2001)

Unlocking the Power of Health Communication Research

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Professional Organizations

American Diabetes Association*

• African–American Program—population specific information*
• Diabetes Among Latinos—population specific information*

American Cancer Society*

American Heart Association*

• How to Implement Physical Activity in Primary and Secondary Prevention*
• Exercise (Physical Activity) Counseling AHA Recommendation*

American Dietetic Association*

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Access to Healthcare

Commonwealth Fund*

Prevention Report: Winter 2001: Health Equity Benefits Everyone

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Discounted or Free Medication Resources

Drug Pricing Program

State Pharmaceutical Programs* 

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Pharmaceutical Companies' Indigent Patient Program Information

Volunteers in Health Care*

Partnership for Prescription Assistance"*

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*Links to non-Federal organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. Links do not constitute an endorsement of any organization by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at this link.

Page last reviewed: January 7, 2008
Page last modified: January 7, 2008

Content source: Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion