PERSIAN RESOURCES

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada recognizes that individual and social risk factors affect the life-long heart health of Canadians. We are providing the following translated or culturally adapted resource to help Canadians of Persian or Iranian descent understand the risk factors for and warning signs of heart disease and stroke.

Please see our full English and French sections for further resources.

Heart and Stroke Foundation Resources
Brochures

Heart Disease Risk Factors and Heart Attack Warning Signs – Book Mark
Farsi (PDF, 400 KB)

Stroke Risk Factors and Warning Signs
Farsi (PDF, 223 KB)

Taking Control : Lower Your Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke
This brochure covers the risk factors for heart disease and stroke (1-2 pages for each risk factor), warning signs for heart attack and stroke, as well as the importance of being trained in CPR/AED.

English 

French 

Get Your Blood Pressure Under Control
Know and control your blood pressure. If you have been diagnosed with, or are at increased risk for, high blood pressure (hypertension) then this resource will help you to manage it.

English
Farsi (PDF, 4.3 MB) 


 

 

Last reviewed March 2011.