WISEWOMAN Resources for Health Professionals

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 [PDF-729K]
• 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
• 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

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

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CDC Resources

WISEWOMAN Brochure

Women and Heart Disease Fact Sheet

Heart Disease and Stroke in Women Podcast

Heart Disease Guidelines and Recommendations

The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program

Cardiovascular Health

Physical Activity Resources for Health Professionals

Smoking and Tobacco Use

National Diabetes Education Program

Women and Heart Disease: An Atlas of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mortality [PDF–34.8M]

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

Diabetes and Women's Health

Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)—Journal Web Site

Health Communication Resources

Health Communication Materials Network

Healthy People 2010 Health Communication

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

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Professional Organizations

American Diabetes Association

• African–American Program
• Diabetes Among Latinos

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

Access to Health Care

Commonwealth Fund

Discounted or Free Medication Resources

Drug Pricing Program

State Pharmaceutical Programs

Pharmaceutical Companies' Indigent Patient Program Information

Volunteers in Health Care

Partnership for Prescription Assistance"

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