Resources Every Woman Can Use

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On This Page

• Health Information:
  • General
  • Women's Health
  • Heart Disease and Women
  • Cardiovascular Disease
• Lowering Heart Disease Risk:
  • Physical Activity
  • Nutrition
  • Cholesterol
  • High Blood Pressure
  • Stress
  • Smoking
• Culturally-Specific Sources
• Calculators
• Health Risk Assessments (HRAs) and Quizzes
  

Health Information

General

• Healthfinder
• Healthfinder (en espanol)
• Find a Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) Health Center
• Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics - 2005 Update* (PDF - 420K)

Women's Health

• National Women's Health Information Center
• For Your Heart
• Minority Women's Health Information
• Office of Minority Health
• FDA's Office of Women's Health
• Patient and Public Education Materials
• The Office on Women’s Health

Heart Disease and Women

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
  • The Heart Truth: A National Awareness Campaign for Women about Heart Disease
  • Women’s Heart Health Educational Initiative
  • Healthy Heart Handbook for Women
  • Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating Your 10-year Risk of Having a Heart Attack
  • Women & Cardiovascular Disease*
  • Facts about women and cardiovascular diseases*

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)

• What is Coronary Artery Disease?*
• Cardiovascular Information for Patients and the General Public

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Lowering Heart Disease Risk

Physical Activity

• Growing Stronger, Strength Training for Older Adults
• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
  • NHLBI: Sample Walking Program
• Just Move*

Nutrition

• Delicious Decisions*
• Eating for a Healthy Heart
• Healthier Eating with DASH
• Aim for a Healthy Weight
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• USDA Food Pyramid
• 5 A Day
• NHLBI: Be Heart Smart! Eat Foods Lower in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol
• Recipes for Low-fat and Low-cholesterol Meals*
• NHLBI: Keep the Beat: Heart Healthy Recipes (PDF–1.9M)
• Interactive Menu Planner

Cholesterol

• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
  • NHLBI: High Blood Cholesterol--What You Need to Know
  • NHLBI Empower Yourself! Learn Your Cholesterol Number
  • NHLBI: Learn Your Cholesterol Number (Spanish/English)
  • NHLBI: Protect Your Heart--Lower Your Blood Cholesterol
• National Cholesterol Education Program
• National Cholesterol Education Month

High Blood Pressure

• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
  • NHLBI: Your Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure
  • NHLBI: Protect Your Heart! Prevent High Blood Pressure
  • NHLBI: Take Steps - Prevent High Blood Pressure
  • NHLBI: High Blood Pressure Education Month

Stress

• Strategies For Preventing Job Stress

Smoking

• Women Benefit More From Quitting Smoking Than Men
• Top 10 Reasons to Quit Smoking
• American Lung Association*
• American Heart Association Smoking*

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Culturally-Specific Resources

Latin Resources

• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• NHLBI: The Heart Truth for Latinas: An Action Plan (Te lo Decimos de Corazon)
• English (PDF–347K)
• Spanish (PDF–359K)
• NHLBI: Learn Your Cholesterol Number (¡Conozca su nivel de colesterol!)
• NHLBI: Platillos Latinos ¡Sabrosos y Saludables!
  Delicious Heart-Healthy Latino Recipes
• NHLBI: Easy to read booklets (English-Spanish) on heart health
• An Ounce of Prevention: A Guide to Heart Health (English) (PDF–1.5M) — (Spanish) (PDF–1.9M)
• Watch Your Weight!/Cuide su peso! (English and Spanish) (PDF–413K)
• Kick the Smoking Habit!/Rompa con el habito de fumar! (English and Spanish) (PDF–410K)
• Cut Down on Salt and Sodium!/Coma menos sal y sodio! (English and Spanish) (PDF–416K)
• Cut Down on Fat - Not on Taste!/Reduzca la grasa - no el sabor! (English and Spanish) (PDF–644K)

African-American Resources

• NHLBI: Heart-Healthy Home Cooking African-American Style (PDF–1.3M)
• NHLBI: The Heart Truth for African-American Women (PDF–233K)
   

Native American Resources

• NHLBI: American Indian and Alaskan Native People
   

Filipino Resources

• NHLBI: Serve up a Healthy Life—Give the Gift of Good Nutrition (Nais ng mga Pilipino ang Malusog na Puso) — English, Tagalog (PDF–747K)
• NHLBI: Be Active for a Healthy Heart (Nais ng mga Pilipino ang Malusog na Puso) — English, Tagalog  (PDF–182K)
   

Vietnamese Resources

• NHLBI: Serve up a Healthy Life with Good Nutrition (Song Lanh Manh Voi Dinh Duong Tot) — English, Vietnamese (PDF–481K)
• NHLBI: Keep Your Heart in Check: Know Your Blood Pressure Number (Hay Kham Kiem Tra Tim-Biet So Do Huyet Ap Cua Ban — English, Vietnamese (PDF–495K)

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Calculators

• BMI Calculator
• 10-Year CVD Risk Calculator*

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Health Risk Assessments (HRAs) and Quizzes

• Diabetes Risk Assessment (also available en espanol)*
• Healthy Heart Workout Quiz*
• Women's Heart Health: Developing a National Health Education Action Plan
• Healthy Heart Handbook for Women - 2003 Edition
• The Heart Truth Wallet Card (PDF–77K)
• Heart Information Network—Nutrition Guide*

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Page last reviewed: July 13, 2007
Page last modified: July 13, 2007

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