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Maine Cardiovascular Health Program Materials

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Control your Blood Pressure and Cholesterol

Control Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Healthy Maine Walks Card: Highlights the importance of brisk walking as an effective way to better manage blood pressure and cholesterol. The card also references the website where indoor and outdoor walking routes can be accessed.

Know Your Numbers

Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Poster: for provider exam rooms. Poster includes sticky nores for provider to record patients blood pressure and cholesterol values, which the patient can take home as a reminder and motivator to regularly monitor and manage their numbers.
Poster Sticky Notes: More sticky notes for when you run out.
Dry Erase Board: This write on board and marker can be used by patients/clients and includes space to record blood pressure and cholesterol values, a "Things to Do" list, and emergency telephone numbers.

Maine HeartSafe Communities

Snapshot: Maine HeartSafe Communities
A one-page overview of Maine HeartSafe Communities, including program goals, basic designation criteria, and cardiovascular disease statistics.
Frequently Asked Questions
The “who, what, when, where, how and why” of Maine HeartSafe Communities, including program background, eligibility and application information, current designees, cardiovascular disease statistics, program contact info and more!
HeartSafe PowerPoint
Presentations to assist HeartSafe designees and partners in promoting their HeartSafe designation status, and educating community members about the signs and symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest, heart attack and stroke, and the need to call 911 immediately. These presentations also include cardiovascular disease statistics, risk factors and how to reduce them.
HeartSafe Community Resolution
A tool to help designees and partners promote and gather support from decision-makers and community members, including maintenance and enhancement of their community’s cardiovascular chain of survival.
Maine Survivor Stories
These are true stories of Maine people who have survived heart attack, stroke and/or sudden cardiac arrest. Survivors and family members share their experiences and what they learned over the course of recognizing symptoms and receiving life-saving treatment for their cardiovascular events.

Stroke

Face Stroke Before it Faces You Handout: One page sheet focused towards increasing awareness of the signs and symptoms of stroke and the need to call 9-1-1 immediately.
Signs of Stroke Card: A 5" x 7" card listing the warning signs of stroke and the importance of calling 9-1-1 immediately.
Signs of Stroke Magnet: A magnet listing the warning signs of stroke and the importance of calling 9-1-1 immediately.
Face Stroke Before it Faces You - Power Point Presentation
Stroke Radio and Television Public Service Announcements

Heart Attack (Acute Myocardial Infraction)

Know the Signs or Heart Attack: Don’t miss a beat:
One page handout focused towards increasing the awareness of the signs and symptoms of heart attack and the need to call 9-1-1 immediately.

In a Heart Beat: Heart Attack Awareness Initiative

For Community Members
- 5-Minute Heart Attack Handout: This resource briefly highlights heart attack symptoms, the need to call 911 immediately and types of treatment for heart attack.
- Signs of Heart Attack Magnet: A great tool to help people remember heart attack symptoms and the importance of calling 911.
- Audience Handouts – 15 minute | 30 minute: These handouts can be used by audience members to follow along with 15 and 30-minute presentations/discussions. The handouts include slides from each of the Community Presentations, as well as space for audience members to jot down notes and questions.

For Presenters
- Education Session Flyer: This flyer template can be used to promote your community heart attack awareness sessions.
- In a Heartbeat Project Outline: This outline describes the Maine Quality Forum’s state-wide initiative to improve heart attack systems of care.
- Community Outreach Project Outline: This outline describes community engagement initiatives to increase Maine’s knowledge of heart attack symptoms and the importance of calling 911.
- Planning Tip sheet: This resource assists trainers in planning successful outreach efforts. It includes a planning timeline and tips to engage your audience.
- Heart Attack Awareness Train-the-Trainer – PDF | Powerpoint :
  A training presentation that assists state-wide partners in training other groups within their communities to deliver consistent messages around heart attack (program background, CVD statistics, partnership roles, training resources, audience resources, etc.)
- Community Presentations to Increase Heart Attack Awareness –
  15 minute PDF | 30 minute PDF | 15 minute Powerpoint | 30 minute Powerpoint: These presentations can be utilized as a PowerPoint, or in a less formal discussion format. There are 15 and 30-minute versions to accommodate various times and audiences. The primary focus of the presentations is to teach community audiences the symptoms of heart attack and the importance of calling 911. They also cover heart attack risk factors and ideas to reduce risk.
- Trainers’ Guides – 15 minute | 30 minute: These Guides are designed to help trainers deliver consistent heart attack awareness information. There are Guides for both 15 and 30-minute presentations/discussions, which include slides from each of the Community Presentations, as well as notes pages to assist trainers with content and ideas for audience participation.
- Audience Survey Template: For those wishing to evaluate the outcome of your community presentations, we have provided a survey that will help measure pre/post education knowledge among your audience participants.
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): Provides answer to commonly asked questions regarding heart attack.

Worksite

Good Work! Brochure
Good Work Resource Kit
Coming soon: Health Insurance Guide for Small Businesses

Maine CVH Policy Inventory

To assist you or your organization with research of cardiovascular related policies in Maine, below are lists of laws and regulations in Maine that relate to cardiovascular health and our program’s priorities. Note that the lists are not all inclusive. Further, please refer to the actual statute or rule for citation purposes as language may be altered due to space limitations.

Click on the topic to access a listing of policies under that topic area.

Below are links to policy briefs from the Council of State Governments' Healthy States Initiative. While they are geared toward legislators, they also contain valuable information and resources for anyone working to advance positive Cardiovascular Health policies at many different levels. Note that the Controlling High Blood Pressure brief features information specifically about the Maine CDC's Cardiovascular Health Program and some of its initiatives!

Information Sheets for National Health Observances

These are currently being developed

Heart Month (February)
National Wear Red Day (Feb. 2, 2007)
National High Blood Pressure Education Month (May)
American Stroke Month (May)
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week (May 20 - 26)
National Cholesterol Education Month (September)
National Diabetes Awareness Month (November)