Heart health begins at home and in the everyday care of the family doctor. Our care activities are designed to empower women to manage their own health with confidence, while also supporting their primary care providers with information and training. The Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre is working to improve care both locally and nationally by developing personalized, one-on-one programs as well as digital educational tools.
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CardioPrevent® Program
Program aimed at lowering cardiovascular risk in women and their families.
CardioPrevent is a screening and counselling program offered to women and their families within the CWHHC’s local catchment area of the Champlain region of Ontario. Preventing heart disease is often not on the radar of busy women and their doctors lack the time to provide counselling on lifestyle changes. Based on several years of study, CardioPrevent is designed to reach people who do not yet have cardiovascular disease but may be at higher risk due to genetic or lifestyle factors. Staff from the CWHHC work with primary care practitioners to identify patients at risk and then guide participants through a lifestyle program tailored to them. We meet patients where they live and work, provide information and counselling on risk factors and connect them to local resources.
Women@Heart Program
Cardiovascular disease has serious physical, psychological and social ramifications for women, different from those found in men.
A peer support program led by women with heart disease, for women with heart disease that aims to create a caring environment for women to learn from each other. The Women@Heart Program will provide women with heart disease, in every community, with access to emotional support, educational support and a caring environment for a better recovery after a cardiac event.
Peer leaders of the Women@Heart Program can help participants:
- Reduce the risk of isolation and promote coping strategies
- Better understand their condition
- Be empowered to take charge of their heart health
To learn more or register, visit Women@Heart virtual support groups.