The Association of Black Cardiologists in partnership with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) will convene its third Community Health Advocates Training Program July 23-25 in Washington, DC.  The Community Health Advocacy Training program takes place over three days and focuses on the NHBLI “With Every Heartbeat is Life” curriculum.  This training program assists ABC in meeting our commitment to increase awareness, knowledge, and skills for preventing and controlling heart disease risk factors and to prepare advocates to build coalitions to improve African American cardiovascular health at local and state levels.

Those interested in applying for the Community Health Advocates Training:

• Complete the online community health advocacy training Registration/Survey.
  

After completing, submitting, and review of the application, accepted applicants will receive:

• A travel grant of round-trip transportation to Washington, DC for non-metro DC residents, two (2) nights single occupancy lodging accommodations at the host hotel;
  
• Training materials to implement programs in their home areas,
  
• Tools to aid in Identifying and effectively communicate effectively with key legislators at the local, state, and federal level, community leaders and agency administrators, as well as other advocates, regarding specific cardiovascular health issues; and
  
• The support of ABC to provide effective and measurable programs that improve advocacy, increase awareness about heart disease Identify and communicate effectively with key legislators at the local, state, and federal level, community leaders and agency administrators, as well as other advocates, regarding specific cardiovascular health issues. 

Purpose

The purpose of this training is to teach participants how to implement and evaluate the Association of Black Cardiologists’ Community Health Advocate Training Program and the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute’s “With Every Heartbeats is Life” curriculum.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this training, attendees will be able to:

• Organize and facilitate 1 interactive session on community heart health advocacy using the “Every Heartbeat is Life” curriculum.
  
• Utilize evaluation tools to determine and document program outcomes of three curriculum implementation interventions.
  
• Demonstrate increased awareness of cardiovascular health promotion interventions
  
• Utilize two key principles for transforming working relationships into resource building partnerships.
  
• Identify and communicate effectively with key legislators at the local, state, and federal level, community leaders and agency administrators, as well as other advocates, regarding specific cardiovascular health issues.
  
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of non-medical systems that influence and direct care for cardiovascular health.
  
• Identify community challenges and solutions in building effective coalitions and strategic partnerships to reduce cardiovascular health disparities through advocacy.
  
• Develop strategies and action plans to address reducing risk indicators for cardiovascular disease and facilitate local advocacy and awareness activities.