Know your heart. Understand your risk. Build your plan.
Knowing Your Heart builds the knowledge and skills needed to manage cardiovascular risk, improve Life’s Essential 8, and create personalized SMART goals.
A practical framework for cardiovascular health literacy
Learn how the heart works, how risk is assessed, how healing occurs, and how daily choices support prevention and recovery.
The 8 Domains
Eight connected domains translate heart health knowledge into practical self-management.
Knowing
Pumping Station, Power Supply, and Electric Company.
Checking
Microscope, Telescope, Stethoscope, and PREVENT.
Healing
Medical, surgical, and lifestyle approaches.
Moving
Aerobic fitness, resistance training, and flexibility.
Feeding
Carbohydrates, fats, and protein.
Trimming
Energy balance and sustainable weight management.
Minding
Stress, emotions, and motivation.
Cleansing
Breathing, hydration, and sleep.
Knowing the heart
The Pumping Station
The heart moves blood through the body.
The Power Supply
Circulation delivers oxygen, glucose, and fats to tissues.
The Electric Company
Electrical signals coordinate heart rhythm and contraction.
Checking cardiovascular risk
Microscope
Laboratory testing and biomarkers.
Telescope
Imaging and visualization of cardiovascular structure and disease.
Stethoscope
Physical examination and clinical assessment.
PREVENT
Risk estimation to guide prevention decisions.
Aligned with Life’s Essential 8
The framework connects heart health literacy to the behaviors and biometrics that shape cardiovascular health.
From knowledge to personalized action
Choose priorities, set goals based on biometrics and behaviors, and build action plans personalized through ANSWERS and Signatures.
Priorities
Goals
SMART Action Plans
Personalized Communication
Turn heart health knowledge into action
Build confidence, understand risk, and create a plan that fits your life.
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