Education &
Awareness Materials
Clear, practical information for people affected by vascular disease
The Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures provides free, easy-to-understand educational resources for people living with vascular disease, those at risk, and the families, caregivers, and loved ones who support them.
Our materials are designed to make complex vascular health information more accessible and useful in everyday life. They can help people better understand vascular conditions, recognize risk factors and symptoms, prepare for conversations with their healthcare team, and take a more active role in their health.
All materials are developed with input from medical professionals and patients and caregivers to help ensure they are accurate, relevant, and accessible.
Explore Vascular Health Resources
For Patients, Families & Caregivers
Learn about vascular conditions, risk factors, prevention, treatment, and ways to manage your vascular health.
For Healthcare & Community Partners
Our patient-friendly educational materials are also available for use in medical offices, community programs, screenings, and other settings. Organizations that wish to share or distribute Vascular Cures materials are asked to complete a Material Use Agreement and retain Vascular Cures branding and attribution.
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Patient Engagement & Partnership
Vascular Cures works with patients, caregivers, researchers, clinicians, and communities to ensure that lived experience helps shape vascular health research, education, and care.
Our patient engagement work includes education and training, compensated advisory roles, community-based initiatives, and research partnerships that involve patients throughout the research process. We also lead and participate in projects that use patient engagement approaches tailored to specific communities and clinical comparative effectiveness research questions, among others.
Patients are Partners
Helping patients and caregivers move from learning to leadership
Patients are Partners is Vascular Cures’ program for preparing and partnering with people affected by vascular disease to participate meaningfully in research.
Through education and training, patients and caregivers can learn how research works, understand the value of their lived experience, and prepare to serve as advisors and partners on research and each project. Patient partners are compensated for their time and expertise when they serve in these roles.
Some participants also go on to develop their own ideas, lead community-based activities, or apply for microgrants to advance vascular health in the communities they know best.
Want to get involved? Contact us or visit our Get Involved page to learn more.
Interested in participating in Patients Are Partners? Tell us about yourself and how you’d like to get involved.
Patient Engagement Projects
Our broader patient engagement work includes projects that bring patients and communities into research in different ways—from culturally tailored education and advisory groups to community-based research partnerships and initiatives supported by organizations such as PCORI.
Chinese-Speaking Vascular Patient Engagement
Cardiovascular Disease through the Metabolic Lens Patient Engagement
Tools for Researchers & Organizations
We provide resources to help researchers, healthcare professionals, and organizations engage patients as meaningful partners throughout the research process.
Vascular Health Academy: Engagement and Advocacy
Turn knowledge into action!
For patients, caregivers, advocates, volunteers, and community members who want to become more involved, the Vascular Health Academy provides opportunities to build knowledge and put it into action.
Become a Patient or Caregiver Advocate
Use your lived experience to help improve research, education, and care for people affected by vascular disease.
Help Shape Research
Learn how patients and caregivers can serve as advisors, partners, and active participants throughout the research process.
Advocate for Vascular Health
Help raise awareness of vascular disease, prevention, early detection, and the needs of vascular patients.
Explore our courses! You can get a certificate that shows that you have completed each course.
Volunteer With Vascular Cures
Support programs, community events, education, and other efforts that advance our mission. Contact us here.
Vascular Health Education Academy
The Vascular Health Education Academy (VHEA) offers free educational resources on vascular conditions, disease prevention and management, and research engagement. The Academy aims to improve health outcomes by empowering individuals with the knowledge to take an active role in their care.
Developed with input from physicians, nurses, public health specialists, caregivers, and patient partners, these materials are designed to help patients better understand their conditions and feel confident discussing their care with healthcare providers.
We have 30+ subjects covered, our materials include 25+ flyers and 10+ interactive modules in 4 languages. Click on the subject area tab to see what's available! Also contact us here if you have suggestions for additional material/areas of focus.
If you are a healthcare professional or community organization interested in sharing our materials, please fill out this form and we will respond to you as soon as possible.
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Change Lives.
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