Women’s Cardiovascular Health Initiative (WCHI)

A presentation to support the nomination of

Dr. Len Sternberg MD and Dr. Jennifer Price PhD

Canadian Women’s Heart Health Advocacy Award 2016

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Is heart disease a women’s health issue? March 3, 1995

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The Edmonton Journal, March 3, 1995

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Is heart disease a women’s health issue?

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WCH announces Women’s Cardiovascular Health Initiative

in 1996

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WCH announces Women’s Cardiovascular Health Initiative

in 1996

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Heart disease is the #1 killer of women.

“Only 10-15% of female patients will take part in cardiac rehab”

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In 2007 WCHI celebrates 10 years advocating women and

heart health – Wear RED

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In 2007 WCHI celebrates 10 years advocating women and

heart health – Wear RED

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Support from the Governor General and MOHLTC

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Toronto Star November 2009

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National Post/Toronto Star 2009

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Globe & Mail

Sept. 12, 2012

Innovation continues in 2012 – targeting young women and

heart health

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Globe and Mail, February 2013

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Feature article at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress

October 2015 (MediaPlanet)

http://www.personalhealthnews.ca/prevention-and-treatment/Getting-to-Heart-of-Womens-Health

Heart attack survivor Sue

Williams with WCH advance

practice nurse, Jennifer Price.

Women’s College Hospital

created North America’s first

cardiac prevention and

rehabilitation program

designed exclusively for

women.

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Reaching the hard to reach, a Mosque-based prevention

program for South Asian Muslim women. 2015

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Significant research contributions and publications

Price, J.A.D., Landry,M., Rolfe,D., Delos-Reyes,F., Groff,L. & Sternberg,L. (2005). Women’s Cardiac Rehabilitation:

Improving Access Using Principles of Women’s Health. Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 15 (3) p 32 - 41

Price, J.A.D. (2004) Management and prevention of cardiovascular disease in women. Nursing Clinics of North

America 39 (4) p873-884.

J.A.D. Price, D. Rolfe, M. Landry, E. Sutton, L. Sternberg. (2009). Self-management support in a women-only cardiac

rehabilitation program: Are we empowering our patients? Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 25, Suppl :pp.

Sternberg, L. & Price, J. (1994). Women and Heart Disease. Choices: The Magazine of Canadian Life (29) p44-47.

Jong P, Mohammed S, Sternberg L. Gender differences in the features of coronary artery disease and referral patterns

of patients undergoing coronary angiography. Canadian Journal of Cardiology (1996);12 (7):671-677.

Chiamvimonvat V, Sternberg L. Coronary Artery Disease in Women. Canadian Family Physician. December (1998);

44: 2709 - 2717.

Jong P, Sternberg L. Assessing Coronary Artery Disease in Women: How Useful is Coronary Angiography? Medscape

Women’s Health. (1998), 3.3

Sternberg L. Special CV Rehab Program Designed for Women – Program reported to produce higher compliance rates

and improvements in exercise capacity. The Chronicle of Cardiovascular & Internal Medicine. (2000). P15.

Sternberg, L., Chiamvimonvat, V., Unsworth, K. & Price, J. (1999). Preliminary Outcomes of a Cardiac Rehabilitation

Program Designed for Women (Abstract). Circulation 100(Supplement I) p I-795.

Rolfe, D., Sutton, E., Landry, M., Sternberg, L., Price, J.A.D.. (2010). Women’s access to cardiac rehabilitation: Does

a women-only format address women’s needs and barriers to participation?

The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 25 (4) p332 – 341.

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Price, J. (2013). A Pilot Trial of a Coaching Intervention Designed to Increase Women’s Attendance at Cardiac

Rehabilitation Intake European Journal of Preventative Cardiology; 20,Suppl 1 pp S65.

Mukerji M, McTavish S, Glenn A, Delos-Reyes F, Price J, Wu W, Harvey P, Lipscombe LL. An innovative home-based

cardiovascular lifestyle prevention program for women with recent gestational diabetes: a pilot feasibility study.

Canadian Journal of Diabetes (2015); 39: 445-450

Banerjee, A.T., Zawi M., Landry M., Childerhose, D., Stephens, N., Shafique, A., & Price, J. A Pilot Examination of a

Mosque-Based Physical Activity Intervention for South Asian Muslim Women in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Immigrant

& Minority Health, in press

Landry,M., Price,J. & Harvey, P. (2012). Barriers to Intake Assessment in Women Referred for Cardiac Rehabilitation

Medicine & Science in Sport & Exercise; 44(5) Suppl; S513.

Sutton, E.J., Rolfe, D., Landry, M., Sternberg, L. & Price, J.(2012). Cardiac rehabilitation and the therapeutic

environment: the importance of physical, social, and symbolic safety for programme participation among women.

Journal of Advanced Nursing 68 (8) 1834-46.

Significant research contributions and publications

Dale, C. M., Angus, J. E., Seto Nielsen, L., Kramer-Kile, M., Pritlove, C., Lapum, J., Price, J., Marzolini,

S., Abramson, B., Oh, P., & Clark, A. (2015). “I’m no superman”: Understanding diabetic men, masculinity, and

cardiac rehabilitation. Qualitative Health Research

Price, J. (2016). The clinical nurse specialist: Ambulatory care. In E. Staples, S.L. Ray, & R.A. Hannon (Eds).

Canadian Perspectives on Advanced Nursing Practice: Clinical Practice, Research, Leadership, Consultation and

Collaboration.Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholar’s Press.

Banerjee, A.T. & Price, J.A.D. (2016) Participatory Action Research: The Key to Successful Implementation of a

Mosque-Based Exercise Intervention for South Asian Muslim Women in Canada in Ardene Vollman’s Canadian

Community as Partner. 4th edition

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Thank you for the opportunity to recognize

two most deserving individuals for the

Canadian Women’s Heart Health Advocacy Award 2016