Bringing Heart Health to Latinos/Salud Para Su Corazon A Guide for Building Community Programs

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death for all Amer., including minorities. The Latino Community CD Prevention & Outreach Initiative, now known as Salud para su Corazon (Health for Your Heart) was initiated to raise awareness about CD & promote healthier lifestyles among Latinos. This guide presents steps for planning, developing, implementing, & evaluating a community-based health promotion program for Latinos, based on the model community educ. & intervention program that was successfully pilot-tested. It can be replicated entirely or in part by other org. throughout the country to improve heart health & reduce CVD risk among Latinos. Illustrated.Lenfant, Claude is the author of 'Bringing Heart Health to Latinos/Salud Para Su Corazon A Guide for Building Community Programs' with ISBN 9780756712952 and ISBN 0756712955.