“It’s Like Backing up Science with Scripture”: Lessons Learned from the Implementation of HeartSmarts, a Faith-Based Cardiovascular Disease Health Education Program

African-Americans are disproportionately impacted by cardiovascular disease (CVD). Faith-based institutions provide a non-traditional route for health education targeted at African-Americans. This paper describes HeartSmarts, a faith-based CVD education program. Evidence-based literature was used to...

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Main Author: Tettey, Naa-Solo (Author)
Contributors: Duran, Pedro A. (Other) ; Andersen, Holly S. (Other) ; Washington, Niajee (Other) ; Boutin-Foster, Carla (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2016]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2016, Volume: 55, Issue: 3, Pages: 1078-1088
Further subjects:B Cardiovascular Disease
B faith-based organizations
B Peer-educators
B African-americans
B Health Education
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