Cultural Competency
Social Determinants of Health
Chronic Disease
Toolkit
With Every Heartbeat Is Life
Author: National Institute of Health
Region: United States
Last modified: 26 Aug 2026
With Every Heartbeat Is Life: Community Health Worker Resources for African Americans
CHWs can use these resources to provide culturally-tailored information about heart disease prevention in their community.
Last updated February 26, 2025
This toolkit for community health workers includes a manual and companion flipchart for a 12-lesson course on heart health education tailored to African American communities. The With Every Heartbeat Is Life manual comes complete with activities, group activity idea starters, and reproducible handouts, and the illustrated flipchart can be used as teaching tool to help lead the course. Topics covered include understanding heart disease and heart attack, reducing risk factors, and protecting your heart.
