BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation’s Connections for Cardiovascular HealthSM program is awarding a grant of $215,647 to Saint Agnes Hospital Foundation to support its Heart-to-Heart program, which works to improve cardiovascular health in the community. This is the third consecutive year in which Saint Agnes Hospital Foundation has received a grant from the AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation, totaling $657,736.
Heart-to-Heart aims to empower its faith-based partners to effectively reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in communities with severe healthcare disparities. Through an evidence based CVD intervention program Saint Agnes is reaching African American women at high risk of CVD, providing screenings and assessments and establishing systems such as support networks, peer community health workers and resource development that will ultimately make “Heart-to-Heart” self-sustaining within the community.
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