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The Healthy Hearts programme contains
information for newly diagnosed heart disease patients,
presented in a variety of ways to make learning fun
and more effective.
Each section contains video clips of real
people talking about how they cope, bite size chunks
of information and fun interactive activities.
SECTION 1: WHAT IS HEART DISEASE
- What is heart disease?
- Risk Factors
- Are you at risk?
SECTION 2: HIGH CHOLESTEROL
- First Questions What is cholesterol?
- Why me?
- Why Wasn't I unwell?
- Will I need medicine?
- What is the right level?
- Can I measure my cholesterol?
- Can I reduce my level?
- Will my children get it?
- How Can It Be Treated?
SECTION 3: ANGINA
- What Is Angina?
- First Questions Why me?
- What can I do to help myself?
- Am I going to die?
- What cause the pain?
- Will my children get it?
- Is angina the same as a heart attack?
- Recognising An Attack
- Preventing An Attack
- Should I Call The Doctor?
- What Would You Do ? Mild pain during exercise (Interactive
Activity)
- Going out into the cold
- Stress at work
- Waking in pain
- Eating a large meal
- Continuing pain
- After exercise
- Controlling Angina
SECTION 4: LIVING WITH HEART DISEASE
- Food & Drink
- Eating for a healthy heart (Interactive Activity)
- Lets shop (Interactive Activity)
- In the kitchen (Interactive Activity)
- Alchohol
- Losing Weight How much should I weigh?
- Why should I lose weight?
- Is it possible to lose weight?
- What can I change?
- Everyday Living
- Living with heart disease (Interactive Activity)
- Exercise Do it yourself
- Swimming
- Golf
- Running
- Cycling
- Housework
- Walking
- Working out
- Tennis/Squash
- Bowls
- Gardening
- Fishing
- Sex
- Giving Up Smoking
- Smoking and heart disease
- What makes smoking harmful
- Disease caused by smoking
- Women & Smoking
- Benefits of stopping
- How to stop Motivation
- Be prepared
- Keeping stopped
- Support
SECTION 5: HEART ATTACKS
- Having A Heart Attack
- First Questions Will I have another one?
- Will causes pain?
- Why did I have one?
- Why was I in coronary/intensive care?
- What happens in Hospital?
- Coping Afterwards
- How much can I do?
- Going Home
- Relationships
- Sex
- Rehabilitation
- What is rehabilitation?
- Rehabilitation Programme?
- Informed Rehabilitation
- Activity 0-6 weeks
- What activity can I do?
- Exercise after a few weeks
- Family & Friends
- You and your family
- Who is in control
- Taking Medication
- Types of tablets
- Possible side effects
- Adjusting your tablets
SECTION 6: TESTS AND PROCEDURES
- Common Tests Blood test
- Chest X-ray
- ECG
- Treadmill
- Angiogram
- Echocardiagram
- Thallium scan
- Procedures Angioplasty
- Stents
- Heart bypass
- Valve Surgery
- Heart-transplant
SECTION 7: HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
- First Questions What is high blood pressure?
- Why me?
- Am I going to die?
- Why don't I feel unwell?
- Will my children get it?
- How is it measured?
- How often is it measured?
- What can I do?
- Controlling blood pressure
- Drugs and Side Effects
- Salt
- Relaxation About relaxation
- Basic relaxation exercise
- Yoga
- Meditation
SECTION 8: SUPPORT AND ADVICE
- Family & Friends You & your family
- Possible conflict
- Relationship
- Coping with conflicts
- Which advice to take
- Useful Organisations
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Cost of each programme: £19
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