Campaigning for a Better Heart

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Campaigning for a Better Heart

Introduction

Today, most of the Americans die due to various heart diseases (Kulas, 2011). Heart diseases remain the number 1 killer in America, also among women who die from heart diseases more than men according to the American Heart Association (AHA, 2012). Heart diseases are varied. Therefore, we want to campaign for better heart practices. The foremost heart care includes quitting smoking and eating foods that are low in fat and sodium to decrease the risks of a heart attack (Kulas, 2011).

There are also certain other big diseases in the United States which have been highlighted by the Mayo Clinic and include cancer, stroke, respiratory diseases, injuries, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, influenza and pneumonia, kidney disease, and Septicemia. However, the risk to the heart leads all the rest (Kulas, 2011).

Accordingly, we as nursing students want to campaign for health promotion and for people to become aware regarding the requirements for remaining heart healthy. Therefore, we want to create awareness among the masses to quit smoking and eat fat- and sodium-free foods to protect their hearts.

Health promotion campaign

Requirements

This health promotion campaign will develop a website, other flyers for wide distribution, and will prepare banners for the health promotion campaign in city parks. This will also involve gathering about 30 to 50 volunteers for the health campaign. In addition, the campaign will include distribution of campaign flyers to the general public that inform about the campaign and invite the citizens to visit our website. The campaign will also distribute free campaign wrist bands to park visitors which will read the campaign name of 'healthy heart' written in red. In addition to the banners that will read our goal, the volunteers will reach out to people in various city parks and will inform ...