At a glance
- CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics created a digital toolkit to help physicians promote lifelong congenital cardiac care.
- These resources educate different types of providers about their role in ensuring people with heart defects get the care they need.
- CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics created a digital toolkit to help physicians promote lifelong congenital cardiac care.
- These resources educate different types of providers about their role in ensuring people with heart defects get the care they need.
Overview
Congenital heart defects are lifelong conditions affecting approximately 2.4 million people in the United States. As a person with a heart defect grows and gets older, further heart problems may occur. Additional medications, surgeries, or other procedures may be needed after initial surgeries or procedures during childhood. Unfortunately, it's common for people with heart defects to fall out of congenital cardiac care starting as early as childhood.
Physicians play an important role in ensuring people with heart defects get the lifelong congenital cardiac care needed to stay healthy. Providers can encourage congenital cardiac care as patients with heart defects receive medical care for other reasons (i.e. checkups).
In partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics, CDC created a digital toolkit. This toolkit contains resources and online trainings to help physicians provide people with heart defects with lifelong congenital cardiac care.
What's included
The toolkit contains video trainings, social media materials, customizable content for emails and newsletters, conversation starters, and infographics. Access the online course and the custom resources for each medical specialty below.
Toolkit components
