Heart Disease Communications Toolkit

What to know

The social media messages and graphics below can help your audiences understand the basics of heart disease, including its related conditions, ways to reduce risk, and treatment.

About this toolkit

With the support of health professionals like you, the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (DHDSP) is better able to educate the public about heart disease prevention.

The social media messages and graphics below can help your audiences understand the basics of heart disease, including its related conditions, ways to reduce risk, and treatment.

Help DHDSP spread awareness by sharing these resources on your social media pages.

What's included

Heart disease resources for individuals and patients

"Live to the Beat" Campaign Partner Toolkit: This Million Hearts® and CDC Foundation campaign focuses on empowering Black adults to pursue heart-healthy lifestyles on their own terms—to find what works best individually and consistently—as they live to their own beat.

Pulse Check: Live to the Beat: Help patients learn how to manage their conditions, move more, eat healthier, stress less, and work with their health care team.

ABCS of Heart Health: Encourage others to lower their risk for heart attack and stroke and improve heart health by following the ABCS!

How Cardiac Rehabilitation Can Help Heal Your Heart: Learn more about what cardiac rehabilitation is, who needs it, and how it can help those who have had a heart attack or other heart problems.

Measure Your Blood Pressure: Empower your audiences to know and measure their blood pressure numbers regularly with these customizable tools.

Self-care is Healthcare (Black Women)

Black women are at an increased risk for hypertension. Less stress means a healthier heart. Remember, your self-care is your health care.

Self-care is Healthcare (Black Men)

People who are overweight are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure and high levels of cholesterol, which are major risk factors for heart disease and stroke. A healthy diet, exercise, and reducing stress where possible are steps that can reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease. Your self-care is health care.

Spread the word

Share these social media messages with your followers. Don't forget to tag @CDCHeart_Stroke in your posts and follow us on social media.

Facebook/LinkedIn

#HeartDisease is the number 1 killer of women, but there are ways you can lower your risk every day. Take an active role in your health and learn what it takes to keep your #heart healthy. http://bit.ly/2YCZued

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. Get the facts on heart disease and what can put you at risk. http://bit.ly/2lhOAKI

Almost 50% of Americans have at least 1 of 3 key risk factors for #HeartDisease: high #BloodPressure, high blood #cholesterol, or smoking. You can control these risk factors—learn how. http://bit.ly/38m4U2U

If you've had a heart attack or other heart problem, cardiac rehabilitation can drastically improve recovery and help build heart-healthy habits. Learn more about how cardiac rehab can help heal your heart. #CRSavesLives https://bit.ly/35v1USh

X (Twitter)

#HeartDisease is the number 1 killer of women, but there are ways you can lower your risk every day. Take an active role in your health and learn what it takes to keep your #heart healthy. http://bit.ly/2YCZued

#HeartDisease is the leading cause of death for US men and women. Get the facts on heart disease and what can put you at risk. http://bit.ly/2lhOAKI

#HeartDisease is the number 1 killer of women, but there are ways you can lower your risk every day. Take an active role in your health and learn what it takes to keep your #heart healthy. http://bit.ly/2YCZued

If you've had a heart attack or other #heart event, cardiac rehabilitation can help with recovery and prevent future problems. Learn more about the life-saving benefits of #CardiacRehab. #CRSavesLives https://bit.ly/35v1USh

Almost 50% of Americans have at least 1 of 3 key risk factors for #HeartDisease: high #BloodPressure, high blood #cholesterol, or smoking. You can control these risk factors—learn how. http://bit.ly/38m4U2U

Raise awareness for these health observances

Observance

Date

Hashtag

February 2024

#HeartMonth

National Wear Red Day

February 2, 2024

#WearRedDay

World Heart Day

September 29, 2024

#WorldHeartDay

Heart disease graphics

Download these heart health graphics to share on your social media accounts.

"Live to the Beat"

Image of man with phrase: Black adults are 2x as likely as White adults to die from preventable heart disease.
Black adults are 2x as likely as White adults to die from preventable heart disease.
Image of woman with phrase: take small steps to prevent heart disease and stroke.
Take charge of your heart health. Take small steps to prevent heart disease and stroke.
Image of man with phrase: take steps to lower your risk of heart attack and stroke.
There are things you can do today to lower your risk of heart attack and stroke. Start now with small steps.

Heart disease risk and associated conditions

You can't control the traffic, but you can control your risk for heart disease. Learn more at cdc.gov/heartdisease.
You can't control the traffic, but you can control your risk for heart disease. Learn more at cdc.gov/heartdisease.
You can't control the weather, but you can control your risk for heart disease. Learn more at cdc.gov/heartdisease.
You can't control the weather, but you can control your risk for heart disease. Learn more at cdc.gov/heartdisease.
Learn the risks, know the signs. No symptoms? You may still be at risk. Talk to your doctor about heart disease.
Learn the risks, know the signs. No symptoms? You may still be at risk. Talk to your doctor about heart disease.

Boost your network: connect with us

Connect with other health care professionals and share the latest in cardiovascular health from the Million Hearts® LinkedIn page.

Follow @CDCHeart_Stroke and @MillionHeartsUS on X (Twitter) to share our heart disease tweets directly on your pages.

Share heart disease posts and resources directly from Million Hearts® on Facebook.

Heart disease resources for health professionals

Health Equity Indicators Toolkit: This toolkit presents health equity indicators (HEIs) across eight focus areas, or health equity themes, that influence inequities in cardiovascular disease prevention, care, and management as outlined in the HEI Conceptual Framework for cardiovascular disease.

Community-Clinical Linkages Health Equity Guide: Practitioners can use this guide to help incorporate health equity into community-clinical linkages (CCLs). CCLs are an effective approach to preventing and managing chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease.

Surveillance and Evaluation Data Resource Guide: This at-a-glance compilation of data sources can be used by program managers and evaluators in the planning and evaluation stages of heart disease and stroke prevention programs.

Cardiac Rehabilitation: Improve referral, enrollment, and participation rates in cardiac rehabilitation programs with these evidence-based tools and resources.

Hypertension Control Change Package (Second Edition): This guide includes process improvements to help ambulatory clinical settings implement optimal hypertension control.