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During a month that celebrates love, we also prioritize hearts for American Heart Month!
This is a time to bring awareness to cardiovascular disease, promote educational resources, and learn more about prevention and heart health.
Let’s explore some helpful bilingual resources and tools you can learn from and share with others during American Heart Month.
1. The American Heart Association
The American Heart Association (AHA) highlights that more than 23,000 children experience cardiac arrest outside of the hospital each year.
With this in mind, it’s important to be trained in CPR.
“By giving someone CPR you can double or even triple their chances of survival. Be ready when it matters most. Learn CPR and become part of the Nation of Lifesavers,” the AHA states.
Through the AHA, people can find CPR courses and instructional videos in English and Spanish, among other languages.
There’s also the American Heart Association Cardiac Emergency Response Plan (CERP), which are documents that establish he specific steps to reduce death from cardiac arrest in any setting – be it a school, community organization, workplace, or sports facility.
AHA also has other Spanish-language resources, including heart-healthy infographics and “Respuestas del Corazón” (Answers by Heart) fact sheets on heart disease/stroke.
For more information and resources on CPR and heart health, visit the AHA website in English or Spanish.
2. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Almost 1 in every 4 deaths in the US in 2023 was caused by heart disease, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Additionally, nearly half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, which is a leading cause of heart disease.
That’s why the CDC offers several resources available to spread heart health.
Go here for a list of CDC’s Spanish-language resources and tools.
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Other resources include sharable print resources in topics like managing blood pressure, logging blood pressure, blood pressure visits and more.
3. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
The NHLBI provides several tools in English and Spanish, including its “Your Heart, Your Life: Community Health Worker Resources for Hispanics/Latinos” and its “Delicious Heart-Healthy Latino Recipes Book – Platillos latinos ¡sabrosos y saludables!”
They also have a heart health education toolkit with social media resources, publications, articles, and flyers.
“Heart-healthy living involves understanding your risk, making healthy choices, and taking steps to reduce your chances of getting heart disease, including coronary heart disease, the most common type,” according to the NHLBI.
Additional resources can be found on topics like:
- Understanding your risk for heart disease
- Checking your blood pressure and cholesterol
- Managing stress
- Heart healthy foods
- Resources for children
Additional resources, ways to get involved, and more can be found through the NHLBI’s https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/education/american-heart-month.
Improve Health for All People in Your Community
Taking care of your heart is important for your overall health.
But what about the health of your community?
Learn more by downloading a Salud America! Health Report Card for your town!
Enter your county name and get auto-generated local data with interactive maps and comparative gauges on several health indicators. This can help you visualize and explore local issues in education, housing, transportation, food, health, and more.
See how your county stacks up compared to the rest of your state and nation.
Then email the Report Card to local leaders to raise awareness, include the data in a presentation or grant proposal, or share it on social media to drive healthy changes in your community!
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