Overview
This 2-day workshop, sponsored by the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute (NHLBI), was the first step in developing an ambitious and
urgent agenda for a new health education effort for women. The NHLBI workshop
brought together a group of approximately 80 key researchers, public health
leaders, women's and minority health advocates, health communicators, health
care delivery experts, and others who have a stake in improving women's
cardiovascular health to develop a science-based blueprint for a comprehensive
health education effort for patients, health professionals, and the public.
Three workshop plenary sessions featured speakers and
panelists who presented critical background information on cardiovascular
disease (CVD) in women to all participants to prepare them for their small
group work assignments. Participants were divided into small groups that
developed implementation action plans by: developing the goals and objectives
of an NHLBI women's heart health education effort; identifying the effort's
primary target audiences; examining the CVD health knowledge, skills, and
behaviors of the target audiences; identifying the needs of minority target
audiences who are at greater risk for CVD; and developing programmatic
recommendations as well as methods for implementation and dissemination.
Participation in the NHLBI workshop was open to other health
professionals throughout the world via the Internet. Webcast participants had
the opportunity to submit feedback and program ideas for the women's heart
health national health education action plan to NHLBI.
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