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Table 1.

FAITH! program education session curriculum

Session	Topic	Attendance, n^b
1	Overview of heart disease risk factors	37
2	Obesity and the importance of physical activity^a	19
3	High cholesterol	18
4	Heart healthy eating: nutrition label reading and healthy cooking^a	18
5	Heart attack warning signs	17
6	High blood pressure	16
7	Diabetes and the heart	27
8	Healthy lifestyle maintenance inventory: evaluation, personal reflections, barriers, challenges	36
Supportive education materials
	My Life Check^®, Live Better with Life’s Simple 7™ (AHA) [25] 7 Steps to a Healthy Heart (ABC) [26] On the Move to Better Heart Health for African-Americans (NHLBI, NIH) [27] Heart Healthy Home Cooking African-American Style (NHLBI, NIH) [28]

ABC Association of Black Cardiologists, Incorporated, AHA American Heart Association, NHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH National Institutes of Health

Joint session with all churches

Number of participants from all three churches combined