Thank God Tara is here to tell her story!
The Black Heart Association founders Tara and Frederick Robinson stopped in Harlem to spread the importance of heart health and to provide free screenings, PIX 11 reported.
The Robinsons sat down with Black Enterprise to tell their story and discuss why their work is so important.
According to WCNC Charlotte, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gave an alarming statistic that Black women suffer from higher rates of heart disease, coronary disease and stroke deaths in comparison to white women in the U.S. “I’m the strong Black woman,” Robinson said. “I think I’m the poster child for it. That’s definitely part of why I had my heart attacks because I internalized stress so much.
In that challenge, we are asking for three things: One is to make a commitment to take one small step, and that one small step can be walking every day,” Liburd said.
”We can reduce this burden of heart disease with good medical care and also by making good lifestyle changes.” The CDC recommends a self-care routine that includes finding ways to limit stress, keeping track of blood pressure and cholesterol, and having a solid support system. The Robinsons use their Black Heart Mobile Unit to give people their cholesterol numbers and AC-1.
Source: Black Enterprise
