Igniting Your Passion for Healthy Hearts

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• Igniting Your Passion for Healthy Hearts
• September 15, 2009

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Stacia Matthews WRTV6 News
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Special Thank You to Our Premier
Sponsors
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Thank You To Our Additional Sponsors Sustaining
Sponsors Contributing Sponsors
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Thank You to Silent Auction Donors
Lia Sophia Jewelry-Teresa Silva MAC
Cosmetics Marsh McCormick and Schmicks Office of
the First Lady Planned Parenthood President
Benjamin Harrison Home Revelation Fitness Sam's
Club Seattle Suttons Healthy Eating The Melting
Pot The Pita Pit Tyler Mason Salon Spa When
Eddie Met Salad WomenHeart Xoçai The Healthy
Chocolate - Joyce Kleinman
Alcatraz Brewing CompanyAmerican Heart
AssociationBody -N- Motion Butler
University Chipotle Mexican Grill Community Heart
and Vascular Conner Prairie Eiteljorg
Museum George Murff Harry Izzys Hilton
Indianapolis Indiana Repertory TheaterIndianapoli
s Museum of Art Indianapolis Symphony
Orchestra Indy Boot Camps JLMorris Designs Kelly
Lynn Photography Landmark Theatres
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Judy Monroe, M.D. State Health Commissioner
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The goal of INFluenceCreate a network of
powerful Hoosier women to positively impact
womens health
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La Grange
Elkhart
Steuben
La Porte
St. Joseph
Lake
Porter
Local INFluence Forums Since April 2007
De Kalb
Noble
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Fulton
Newton
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mil-
Year 1 Forums Year 2 Forums Both Years
lion
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Gibson
Crawford
Floyd
Harrison
Perry
Warrick
Posey
Vander-
Spencer
burgh
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Heart Disease is the 1 Cause of Death Among
Hoosier Women
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Tanya Parrish Office of Womens Health
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INFluence Task Force
Abby Kelly-SmithAngela MorrisAntoniette
HoltElizabeth HartEllen WhittErin
TriplettJamie DelaneyJennifer DunlapJessi
Langlie
Julie AudKarla SneegasKelly BeDellMarie
WarshauerMarjori AllenMiranda
SpitznagleRizwana BivijiSarah TagtmeyerTina
Darling
And thank you to our assistants!!
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First Lady Cheri Daniels Honorary Chair
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Gina Jones Facing the Killer Within Me
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Dr. Elisabeth von der Lohe What Every Woman
Needs to Know About Heart Disease
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Judy Monroe, M.D. State Health Commissioner Indian
as Call to Action
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Do Something

• Individual Level
• Know your numbers. Visit your doctor for a
  yearly check-up and be aware of your cholesterol
  levels, blood pressure, and other indicators of
  heart health.
• Commit to improving your own heart health by
  doing at least one of the following
• Increasing physical activity
• Eating a more balanced, healthier diet
• Eliminating tobacco
• Managing stress more effectively.
• Learn the early warning signs of a heart attack,
  especially those more common for women.

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Individual
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Do Something

• Interpersonal Level
• 4. Have a heart to heart with 9 women in your
  life. Share the INFluence message and ask them
  to complete the call to action as well.
• 5. Be a role model for heart-healthy living for
  your friends and family. Share your successes
  and challenges, giving and receiving support and
  inspiration.

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Interpersonal
Individual
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Do Something

• Organizational Level
• 6. Implement at least one heart-healthy policy or
  program in your organization. Make healthy
  eating, physical activity, and smoking cessation
  the easiest choice in your school, neighborhood,
  worksite, faith-based or community organization.

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Organizational
Interpersonal
Individual
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Do Something

• Community/County Level
• Host a local INFluence forum to empower women in
  your community to positively impact heart health.
• Form or join a local coalition to advocate for
  and coordinate community efforts to create a
  healthier environment.

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Community
Organizational
Interpersonal
Individual
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Do Something
Society/State Level 9. Maintain a network to
coordinate statewide efforts aimed at increasing
awareness of gender differences, improving
policy, and leveraging funds for heart health
promotion in Indiana.
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Society
Community
Organizational
Interpersonal
Individual
Open Forum
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Special Thank You to Our Premier
Sponsors
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Additional Thanks to Indiana State
Museum Centerplate Catering Check the Silent
Auction Tables to see if you are a winner!!
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• Thank you!
• www.influence.in.gov