A culturally appropriate educational booklet for American Indians on heart healthy living. In an easy-to-read format, the booklet provides concise information on heart disease and its risk factors. It explains heart attack signs and how to respond to them, as well as how to reduce risk factors for heart disease, prevent and control high blood pressure, lower blood cholesterol, prevent and control diabetes, manage weight, and stop smoking. Includes an action plan and tip sheet.

This 10-minute motivational video focuses on the problem of cardiovascular disease in Native American and Alaska Native people and how they can deal with the major risk factors for it. Three people from the tribal communities of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, the Ponca in Oklahoma, and the Bristol Bay area in Alaska, tell how they changed their lifestyles for heart health.

Balerma writes about high prevalence of diabetes and heart disease in her family and how she is teaching her children about healthy lifestyles.

Linda writes about the changes she has made to her lifestyle after her father died of heart disease.

This 2003 fact sheet provides statistics and research briefs.

Journal citations from MEDLINE/PubMed.

This resource provides statistics and incidence rates of heart disease and related conditions.

A comprehensive, culturally appropriate 10-lesson course on heart-health education for the American Indian community. Filled with skill-building activities, reproducible handouts, and idea starters. Two appendices cover activities for training Heart Health Educators to implement the program, and An American Indian Family's Journey to heart health, told with heart healthy recipes for each family member's favorite foods.

2011 research summary.

This resource provides stroke statistics and incidence rates.