{"id":758,"date":"2025-12-09T13:54:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T13:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/heart-disease\/?page_id=758"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:01:11","slug":"danville-healthy-hearts-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/heart-disease\/danville-healthy-hearts-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Danville\/Pittsylvania County &#8211; Healthy Hearts Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-758\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-758-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-758-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-758-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-slider panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-slider so-widget-sow-slider-default-6d39609536fd-758\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-base\" style=\"display: none\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-slider-images\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-settings=\"{&quot;pagination&quot;:true,&quot;speed&quot;:400,&quot;timeout&quot;:8000,&quot;paused&quot;:false,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:false,&quot;swipe&quot;:true,&quot;nav_always_show_desktop&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;nav_always_show_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;breakpoint&quot;:&quot;780px&quot;,&quot;unmute&quot;:false,&quot;anchor&quot;:null}\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\t\t<li class=\"sow-slider-image\" style=\"visibility: visible;\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/Danville-logo-1.png\" class=\"sow-slider-background-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/Danville-logo-1.png 853w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/Danville-logo-1-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/Danville-logo-1-768x178.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/>\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\t\t\t\t<ol class=\"sow-slider-pagination\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"0\" aria-label=\"Display slide 1\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slide-nav sow-slide-nav-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"next\" aria-label=\"Next slide\" data-action=\"next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<em class=\"sow-sld-icon-thin-right\"><\/em>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slide-nav sow-slide-nav-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"previous\" aria-label=\"Previous slide\" data-action=\"prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<em class=\"sow-sld-icon-thin-left\"><\/em>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-758-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4><i data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The\u00a0<\/i><i>Danville\/Pittsylvania County <\/i><i>Healthy Hearts Learning Collaborative (Pitt-Dan LC) is owned and managed by community members. The Virginia Department of Health, as a core partner, provides ongoing support including state and local public health collaboration, chronic disease prevention program training and resources, chronic disease data, leadership and advocacy training, funding opportunities, survey and newsletter design, and webpage maintenance.\u00a0<\/i><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Mission: <\/strong>The Pitt-Dan Healthy Hearts Learning Collaborative empowers people to take charge of their heart health through awareness, advocacy, and fair access to prevention education and care - because every heartbeat matters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Vision: <\/em><\/strong><em>The Pitt-Dan Healthy Hearts Learning Collaborative unites individuals, families, and professionals to promote heart health, healing, and hope through education, empowerment, and shared compassion. Together, we strive to prevent heart disease, support recovery, and build stronger, healthier communities.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Pitt-Dan LC Goals:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Encourage participants and community members to check their blood pressure five times per week at the same time each day.<\/li>\n<li>Increase number of community members who know how to properly take their blood pressure.<\/li>\n<li>Educate community members on proper nutrition to maintain a healthy heart.<\/li>\n<li>Provide smoking cessation assistance to increase heart health.<\/li>\n<li>Increase physical activity of the LC and community members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-758-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-758-0-0-2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Priority Census Tracts:<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/heart-disease\/virginia-healthy-hearts-initiative\/\"><strong>Learn More Here (see map at bottom of page)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1095 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/Danville-census-tracts-234x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/Danville-census-tracts-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/Danville-census-tracts.png 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Map of the census tracts prioritized by the Pitt-Dan Healthy Hearts Learning Collaborative (includes both purple and grey highlighted areas)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_764\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-764\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Danville\/Pittsylvania County Healthy Hearts Learning Collaborative (Pitt-Dan LC) is owned and managed by community members. 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