New program aims to teach heart health to blacks - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

New program aims to teach heart health to blacks

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A new program hopes to teach blacks the basics of good heart health.

Heart Health Indiana conducted by Purdue University with the Indiana Minority Health Coalition will place peer educators in churches, at Indiana Black Expo and other places where blacks come together.

A two-year, $1.5 million federal grant will place six peer educators in Marion County and six in Lake County informing 25,000 to 30,000 people per year what they can do to have healthier hearts.

Purdue's Center on Poverty and Health Inequities Director Mohan Dutta says heart disease and related causes kill blacks at a rate about 19 percent higher than whites.

The program unveiled last week is supported by a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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