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Health Professional Resources

	On this Page • 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)

• Community Health Status Indicators
• State Profiles

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)

American Public Health Association Public Health Education Working Group*

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

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Interventions

Physical Activity

• Pick Your Path to Health
• Choose to Move*
• Hearts N' Parks

Nutrition

• DASH Diet
• Cholesterol Low Down*

Smoking Cessation

• Clearing The Air: How to Quit Smoking and Quit for Keeps

Multiple Risk Factors

• Salud para tu corazσn (For the Health for Your Heart)
• Sisters Together: Move More, Eat Better
• Get Up and Move*
• Women's Cardiovascular Health Network*

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WISEWOMAN Manual & New Leaf*

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CDC Resources

WISEWOMAN Brochure Now Available!

The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program

Women and Cardiovascular Health Projects

National Diabetes Education Program

Women and Heart Disease: An Atlas of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mortality

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

Diabetes and Women's Health

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Health Communication Resources

New Nutrition Conversation with Consumers*

Health Communication Materials Network*

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

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Professional Organizations

American Diabetes Association*

• African-American Program — population specific information*
• Diabetes Among Latinos — population specific information (en espanol)*

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*

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PHRMA) "Directory of Prescription Drug Patient Assistance Programs 2001-2002"*

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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.

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This page last updated August 19, 2004

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