Fig. 2.

Effects of the intervention on knowledge and awareness of heart disease for participants who completed all assessments. Cardiovascular outcomes (proportion of women) at baseline (B), end of counseling (EC), and end of maintenance (EM) for women enrolled in the study. All comparisons are paired (pre- or post-intervention) for women with data at all three time points. Knowledge and awareness outcomes were assessed as follows: heart disease as the #1 killer of women; all symptoms of a myocardial infarction (MI); calling 911; all symptoms of MI and calling 911; and all of the major cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors (diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol obesity, physical inactivity, and smoking). Statistically significant changes (*p < 0.05) for comparisons of B to EC and EC to EM are noted