#SaludTues Tweetchat 2/16/16: “Why Women’s Heart Health Matters!”

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#SaludTues 0216 (1)Studies show Latinas are prone to developing heart disease 10 years earlier than non-Latina whites.

What can be done to prevent this?

Join our “Why Women’s Heart Health Matters” #SaludTues Tweetchat on at 12pm CST (1 p.m. EST) Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, to learn more important facts about heart health and share tips and stories for preventing heart disease in the Latino community.

The chat is hosted by Salud Today and co-hosted by The Heart Truth and The Women’s Heart Alliance (a partnership of the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and the Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital /Weill Cornell Medical Center).

We’ll open the floor to your stories and experiences as we explore:

  • Advice on how to bring the message of Women’s Heart Health to the forefront.
  • Ways to overcome disparities in heart disease for Latina women.
  • How involvement in clinical trials can help to improve heart health for women.
  • Stories and resources for promoting heart healthy communities.

Be sure to use the hashtag #SaludTues to follow the conversation on Twitter, share your stories and share resources that can help improve heart health in Latino communities.

Also, don’t miss our #Saludlive broadcast straight from #Periscope. Join the livestream to find out more about the Tweetchat.

#SaludTues is a weekly Tweetchat about Latino health at 12p CST/1p ET every Tuesday and hosted by @SaludToday, the Latino health social media campaign for the team at the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. The IHPR is the team behind Salud America! The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Research Network to Prevent Latino Childhood Obesity, Exito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training Program, Quitxt and several other research projects!

By The Numbers By The Numbers

25.1

percent

of Latinos remain without health insurance coverage

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