Health Education Materials from
Contains health education tools, including community health worker (CHW) manuals, picture card flip charts, recipe books, risk factor booklets, and more — are tailored for several different ethnic communities: African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian American/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Population, Filipino American, Vietnamese, Hispanic/Latino.
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/healthdisp/health-education-materials.htm
CDC on Heart Disease
https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/
The website provides information on heart disease, the risk factors, how heart disease can be prevented and educational material for clients. Available in English.
Heart Disease Patient Education Resources
Available in multiple languages.
https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/materials_for_patients.htm
CDC on Stroke
This website provides information on stroke, its risk factors, signs of a stroke and type of strokes. Available in Spanish and English.
https://www.cdc.gov/stroke/index.htm
CDC on High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
The following link is to the CDC’s website on high blood pressure. Available in English.
https://www.cdc.gov/bloodpressure/about.htm
The following link is to the CDC’s website on blood pressure and patient information. Available in multiple languages.
https://www.cdc.gov/bloodpressure/materials_for_patients.htm
Your Heart, Your Health
CHW manual for heart health for Latino community. Available in English.
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/docs/resources/heart/lat_mnl_en.pdf
Community Health Worker Listing of Resources on National Health Lung and Blood Institute
Available in English and Spanish.
A Community Health Worker Training Resource for Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke
A user-friendly curriculum developed by CDC that community health workers (CHWs) can use in their training and also as a resource. This Training Resource offers basic information and activities to increase skills in preventing heart disease and stroke. Available in English.
https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/programs/spha/chw_training/pdfs/chw_training.pdf
American Heart Association
American Health Association’s Healthy for Good website contains information on eating and moving to stay healthy. Available in English.
https://healthyforgood.heart.org/
Healthy Heart Eating
Available in English.
https://millionhearts.hhs.gov/learn-prevent/recipes.html
Reading Labels
Spanish: http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@hcm/documents/downloadable/ucm_442767.pdf
English:
http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@hcm/documents/downloadable/ucm_300468.pdf
Managing Blood Pressure with Heart Healthy Diet
Available in English.
CDC on Sodium Reduction
These resources serves as a job aide for CHWs on sodium and dietary guidelines. Available in English.
https://www.cdc.gov/salt/pdfs/sodium_dietary_guidelines.pdf
Information on salt. Available in English.
https://www.cdc.gov/salt/index.htm
Fat and Cholesterol
This fotonovela resource was designed for CHWs and Promotoras de Salud to read with community members to help them learn about how to control their cholesterol. This promotora resource serves as a job aide for CHWs and Promotoras de Salud to use with the Fotonovela: How to Control Your Fat and Cholesterol.
English:
https://www.cdc.gov/cholesterol/docs/fotonovela_cholesterol.pdf
https://www.cdc.gov/cholesterol/docs/promotora_guide_cholesterol.pdf
Spanish:
https://www.cdc.gov/cholesterol/docs/fotonovela_cholesterol_spanish.pdf
https://www.cdc.gov/cholesterol/docs/promotora_guide_cholesterol_spanish.pdf